The Maharashtra Government has set in motion the process to ban the use and sale of plastic bags in the State. The ban would be applicable to all types of plastic bags and pouches, but not water bottles.
However, this is not the first time that Mumbai is banning plastic bags. In 1998, when heavy rains flooded the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) passed a resolution to ban plastics. This was retracted a few days later on the grounds that such a ban would adversely affect numerous workers in the plastics industry.
In 1999, as per a notification, plastic below 20 micron thickness was banned.
25-Aug-05 
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