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The couple started doorstep delivery of plastic bags after Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) imposed ban on plastic bags below 50 microns in June.Wholesalers have hired people like this couple to supply plastic and cloth bags at the doorsteps of users across the city. Earlier, two lakh empty plastic water pouches were daily dumped among the garbage.Rajaram Mishra, a vegetable shop owner in Udhana, said, “We no longer visit vendors for plastic bags. Many manufacturers manage to reach huge quantities of banned plastic bags to users despite the ban strictly being enforced by the local authorities. We have urged textile traders to use cloth bags for saris and dress material.” Vendors have hired people to supply plastic and cloth bags to their customers and have also reduced price by 20 per cent.”Dr Ashish Naik, deputy commissioner of health, SMC, said, “It is impossible to keep track on supply of plastic bags..