NGT slams Delhi over the use of plastic

Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the Delhi government over the indiscriminate and rampant use of plastic in the national capital despite its prohibition. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the government to enforce the ban. There is ban order on plastic. Why have you not enforced it strictly? There are plastic bags spread all across Delhi. Why don't you check it up? y the bench asked. When the government counsel said plastic was already banned, the bench said, Everyday, we see plastic lying on roads in different parts of the city. Why don't you do something? y In 2016, NGT had banned the use of disposable plastic in Delhi and the National Capital Region with effect from January 1, 2017.

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