Letter to CM - Request to reconsider the total ban on Plastics in Maharashtra
ALERT CITIZENS FORUM OF INDIA A7/303, Saket CHSL, Thane (W) 400601 June 27, 2018 The Hon. Chief Minister, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai. Dear Sir, Sub: Request to reconsider the total ban on Plastics in Maharashtra The Govt of Maharashtra has decided to ban use of plastic w.e.f June 23, 2018. We must say that this decision is completely unbelievable and that too in a state where almost 1 million tons of various types of plastic products are manufactured. Is the Government, instead of working on the fundamental problem of water logging, putting all blames on plastic bags? While we agree that plastic bags and the other plastic products end up in the drains because of bad littering habits, can we blame plastic products alone for the water logging? By the proposed ban on plastic bags, the Government of Maharashtra is charting a detrimental course. About 70 million tons of plastic is used in the packaging sector out of the total of about 200 million tons consumed in the