Bhubaneswar: A special squad of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seized over two tons of banned plastic items and polythene bags from a businessman at Aiginia market in the city on Monday.
Following a tip-off, the BMC squad carried out the raid and also fined the errant businessman Rs 50,000.
Notably, the environment-hramly single-use plastic has been banned in all urban areas of Odisha since October 2, 2019.






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