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| Photo Credit: S_S_KUMARmore-inIn addition to the ban on plastic items of less than 50 microns thickness, the government may ban all single use plastic items, irrespective of their thickness. Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have banned single use plastic items. However, these plastic items were brought to Puducherry from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, and Daman and Diu. “The committee will place the proposal before the Cabinet seeking its approval to issue a notification banning all types of single use plastic items,” a senior official told The Hindu. A case has been registered before the chief judicial magistrate against seven firms for stocking plastic items of less than 50 microns..