While the south of Ahmedabad produces polyethylene bags up, the area east of the city had to pay for its use polythene bags. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation implements the ban on plastic bags in April this year. Since then, east of Ahmedabad has paid the maximum fine of 18,200 rupees for violating environmental laws in the use of plastic bags under 40 microns thick. AMC seized 2,326 kilograms of plastic bags in the south during the same period, due to the maximum number of manufacturing units in the region.

Compared to this, the west showed him 3 kg, the smallest amount of plastic bagsand illegal to pay a fine of Rs 1500 only. Said Suresh Patel, Chairman of the Committee on Solid Waste Management, “The amount of the fine collected from producers in the size of the unit. If it’s a great device, we may collect fines of up to Rs 50 000. A small retailer was fined from Rs 200 to 100. ”

So far, two units were sealed in the south of Ahmedabad. A notice was issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF), February 4, 2011. Take action on this CMA Committee Solid Waste Management decided that the units involved in the manufacture of plastic bags below 40 microns in thickness must be closed and all plastic bags in circulation will be confiscated. One of the sealed units are now open.

Girdhari Malavia, a vegetable seller from 40 years of Bodakdev area, said: “If everyone will stop selling plastic bags will not be until it make a difference in the market. Although I paid the fine twice, I’m still with 20 micron plastic bags is easily available from the manufacturer. My second shop in Rajasthan are using paper bags, and customers bring cloth bags to their homes that the state strictly enforces the law. “A 40 micron polythene bag costs around Rs 2, which is much more expensive than polyethylene bag of 20 microns.

“Decades ago, we used to do all domestic purchases in cloth bags and paper. So if the law is strictly enforced, I’ll probably use a cloth bag from home and will not be a problem. It is urgent to the city cleaner and garbage must be installed along the roads, “said Indu Chahar, a financial advisor of 52 years in private practice.

Kanhyan Akhmaji, Vastrapur retailer based 28 years he did not want to lose customers by not providing plastic bags.

Since April, AMC has seized over 3.3 tons of plastic bags in the city has issued 1,248 notices to retailers and manufacturers, and collected Rs 82,660 as fine.