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Bangalore
Anil Kumar Sastry
BANGALORE: The silver sands of Goa, a favourite tourist destination, were once defiled with used plastic bottles, polythene covers and other plastic waste, much to the chagrin of both Goans as well as tourists. Stung by criticism, the Goa Government banned the use of plastic below 100 microns initially — it was brought down to 40 microns later. Goa is the first to raise the limit of micron level to 40 while all over the country plastic bags below 20 micron are banned. The capital city of Panaji, Vasco da Gama and Margao were some of the towns that implemented the ban in 2004 followed by pressure from various village panchayats representing the tourist places. Old Goa Panchayat enforced the provisions of the Archaeological and Heritage Monuments Protection Act to implement the ban on plastics, while municipal corporations enforced the ban under Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act 2001.
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