VIZIANAGARAM: Officials of Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation (VMC) will enforce a total ban on plastic in the town from June 5 to mark World Environment Day, along the lines of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC).
Medical officer of the corporation, Dr KVS Satyanarayana, said the countdown for the plastic ban will begin soon. People will be given a few days to find alternatives and traders must sell out the plastic stock in a few days. Use of single use and non-biodegradable plastic in the town will attract fines, he added.
