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Ludhiana, September 13Accompanied by senior MC officials, councillor Mamta Ashu today visited the Sabzi Mandi near Lodhi Club and distributed carry bags made of jute and cloth free of cost to residents. She said an NGO, ‘women next door’, had provided 2,000 such carry bags to the MC which would be distributed free of cost to people. She said under Subsection 2 of Section 7 of the Punjab Plastic Carry Bags (Manufacture, Usage and Disposal) Control Act, 2005, the state government had completely prohibited manufacturing, stocking, distribution, recycling, sale and use of plastic carry bags in the state..