The Madras High Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over the let down in the drive against plastics in the Nilgiris district especially during the summer tourist season and directed the district administration to crack down on shops selling one-time use plastic water bottles as well as tourists carrying such bottles to the hill station.
Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy ordered that every vehicle entering the district through multiple routes must be checked at the entry points and the plastic products must be seized. They also directed the district administration to repair all water dispensers that were not in a working condition.
Justice Kumar said, he was appalled to witness poor implementation of the ban on plastics in the hill station during his visit last month and said one-time use plastic water bottles could be spotted at almost every other shop and in the hands of tourists too. Namesake raids would not help in making the district plastic free, he said.
