Blanket ban on plastic bags ‘fails’ in Surat

Surat | Friday | 16th November, 2018

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After strict drives for a month, now things have settled down and we are getting our daily supply of plastic bags for customers.”Dilsukh Chapaneria, owner of a grocery store in Athwalines, said, “Earlier, we had to go to Bhagal to buy our stock of plastic bags. Radhe said, “After plastic bag ban in the city, we started giving away cloth bag in small and big sizes costing Rs2 and Rs5, respectively. They want free plastic bags. SURAT: Birju Pandit, a vegetable vendor at Palanpur market, is not scared to give banned polythene bags to his customers. But, customers were reluctant to pay for them.”Atul Patel, owner of a dairy shop in Palanpur Patia, said, “Customers don’t want to spend money on cloth bag..