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"At least 156 committees celebrate Durga Puja in Cuttack. He added that the use of polythene increased manifold during the Durga Puja celebrations. The CMC will soon hold a meeting with the puja committees to seek their cooperation in implementing the ban. "Now that the government has decided to ban the use of polythene, we expect to get more support," said a CMC official. "To manage the extra trash, the CMC will depute at least two sweepers to every pandal," an official said.The puja committees said they would follow the CMC's order..