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CHENNAI: Those violating the state ban on single-use plastic face penalties ranging from 100 to 1 lakh for up to three offences. Chennai Corporation has stored it in various zones to be given to contractors to lay roads.Though the ban came into effect on January 1, enforcement has been lacklustre as officials are not empowered to penalize violators. It will be 50,000 for the second time and Rs1 lakh for the third offence. A fourth violation will the trade licence issued by the local bodies cancelled. The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the state legislative assembly, amending the municipal laws to fix the penalties.The fine for a first-time offence of storage, supply, transport, sale and distribution of use-and-throw plastics will be 25,000..