Chandana S., a resident of south Bengaluru, was buying groceries recently when she noticed thin plastic bags being given away at will by shopkeepers. She questioned one of them about the plastic ban in place. “The shopkeeper said if he does not give away bags, he will lose customers. Only a few people carry their own bags,” she said.
With COVID-19 bringing sweeping changes to the way we live, overshadowing everything else since 2020, plastic - including the banned kind - has surely and visibly made a comeback. Citizens from various parts of the city have highlighted the need to bring back enforcement, which, they say, had borne considerable yields before the pandemic struck.
