Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 21: In a major drive against the manufacturing and sale of illegal polythene carry bags below 50 microns, a team of Pollution Control Board (PCB) officers seized 6 MT of banned illegal polythene carry bags from the premises of M/s SS Industries, Shankar Colony Gangyal.
Highly placed sources in the PCB informed that the raid, which started yesterday night and continued till the wee hours of today morning, was carried out under the directions of BM Sharma, Member Secretary, JK PCB by his team comprising of AB Jandial, Divisional Officer, Jammu South, Arshad Nazir Malik, Divisional Officer Jammu North, Chander Singh Kotwal, JEE and Naveed Choudhry, Field Inspector and other officials.
On receiving specific information that illegal polythene is being manufactured and distributed from the premises of M/s SS Industries, the team raided the unit and found illegal polythene carry bags being manufactured on site. The seized material consists of illegal polythene carry bags below 50 microns, plastic granules used for manufacturing of carry bags, polythene rolls and other material.
It is pertinent to mention here that the said unit had already been closed by the Board for illegal operation and manufacture of banned polythene (below 50 microns) in year 2019, vide PCB order no. 24 SPCB of 2019 dated 15/05/2019. The unit has also been black listed by the Board vide said order. However, despite the unit being sealed by the District Magistrate Jammu, the unit was being operated by the unit holder clandestinely by creating a passage in the hind wall of the unit.
When contacted, Chairman PCB Suresh Chugh informed that the operation was a major success in the endeavour of PCB against the manufacturing, sale and use of illegal polythene carry bags in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. He appealed to the public to refrain from using of polythene carry bags below 50 microns and assist the Board in curbing the menace.
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