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The idea is to stop polythene from reaching the market,” he said.The two districts of Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad have seized 7,000kg of plastic bags in total over the past five days. The alternatives currently are in the form of cloth bags, paper bags and other biodegradable material. Plastic manufacturers have to find it viable to produce eco-friendly material. Over the past three months, we have been able to seal them and cut off power supplies, which, too, they had been sourcing illegally. While Rs 72 lakh has been collected in fines in Ghaziabad, a manufacturing hub, Noida has contributed Rs 2.25 lakh in fines.“The state government will restrict the use of plastic..