The Superior Court of Madras has prohibited manufacturing, storage, supply, transport, sale and distribution of 28 plastic products in Western Ghats, from the Nilgiris to the Biosphere Agashiyar in the Kanniyakumari district, and made station, and made station, sanctuaries and tigers reserves as well.
A Special Division Bank of Judges N. Satchish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy ordered that fines be imposed on tourists who carry the products forbidden to the stations of the hills in a clayhore. The court also ordered the authorities to confiscate the automotive vehicles that transport said prohibited products, the bears cancel the permits granted to them.
Prohibited products include single -use plastic bottles used to consume water/juices, plastic sheets/adhesive film used for food wrapping, plastic sheets used to spread on dining tables, plastic paper with plastic coating, plastic paper, plastic paper paper, plastic paper, plastic paper, plastic paper, plastic paper, plastic paper paper, plastic paper, plastic paper, plastic paper, paper paper, paper paper Plastic, plastic paper, plastic paper. Paper coated paper, plastic coating paper, plastic coating paper, plastic paper coated with paper, plastic coated paper, plastic coated paper, paper paper, paper paper, paper paper, paper paper, paper coated paper, glasses and thermocol cups.
Transport bags coated plastic, non -woven transport bags, water bags/packages, plastic straws, plastic flags, ear sprouts with plastic sticks, plastic bags of all sizes and thicknesses, sweets with plastic sticks, ice cream with plastic and polystyrene sticks for decorations were also prohibited by the superior court.
The division bank said that the covers such as plastic forks, plastic spoons, plastic knives, wraps or packing films around sweet boxes, packaging or packaging movies around invitation cards, wrapping or packaging movies around cigarette packages, stirring and plastic trays will also be prohibited.
Blanket
The judges said that although the state government had imposed a general prohibition of single -use plastics throughout the State in 2018, and had ordered the prohibition of certain plastics in the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal in 2019, such prohibited products continued to smuggled in Western Ghats when hiding them in buses and other motor vehicles.
Therefore, the judges ordered the state government to invoke their powers under the Motor Vehicle Law and impose a condition in transport permits, making it clear that these permits were canceled if the vehicles were financed to produce prohibited plastic products, and prohibited plastic products, and prohibited plastic products and prohibited plastic products.
To the extent that the sale of cookies and brand snacks is sold in non -remote containers, the judges ordered that sellers at the hill stations are indicated to open those packages and deliver their content to the plate or paper.
Provision of paper covers
Local bodies went to provide paper covers to suppliers at no cost when using the Green Fund. Collectors, local agencies and private companies must collectively present a plan for the safe elimination of the non -biodegradable packaging of several layers in the custody of the suppliers, the court ordered.
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The orders were approved after listening to the suggestions made by Amici Curiae T. Mohan, Chevanan Mohan, Rahul Balaji and M. Santhananraman.
The Division Bank ordered that drinking water dispensing machines must be operational in all possible places in the hill stations and reusable food containers, cups, glasses, currencies and steel bottles must be made of Sythsture, which are performed on a rustsposting that is going crazy.
Mobile application
Tourists could also be provided with kits containing bigrade materials, and a mobile application could be developed to help tourists easily locate the nearest season or water dispensation kiosk where tours, container kits are also.
They said that suppliers at the hill stations must also be encouraged to ensure that their customs are not based, and that the solid waste management rules were followed in letter and spirit. The judges decided to approve more orders in the case on June 6, 2025, after taking stock of the tasks of the Steps of the authorities by then.
Published – April 16, 2025 4:08 pm ist
