One Tonne Of Banned Plastics Seized From Tasmac Shops, Bars

Raids will continue, say officials; fines will be imposed from June

The Chennai Corporation conducted a mass raid on Sunday at Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tasmac) shops and bars in the city to search for banned plastic items.

Stating that the raids on establishments selling and stocking plastic materials would continue throughout this month, civic officials said they would start imposing fines from the first week of June.

In the raids carried out at more than 300 Tasmac shops in 15 zones of the city, more than one tonne of plastics was seized, said a senior official of the Health Department.