The ensemble is expected to participate in public complaints and make visits across urban and rural areas within its jurisdiction and will seize plastics with one use of manufacturers, merchants and sellers. | Photo Credit: Ma Sriram
The State Council for Control of Pollution in Karnataka (KSPCB) ordered the Institute of Special Certificate Team (SIT) for an effective implementation of the plastic ban (SUP) with one use in Mysur and the surrounding areas.
The decision in this sense was taken in the last September of September, and although the Council wanted the coercive team to be introduced during the DASARY, the announcement came after the start of the festival.
KSPCB said the working group at the district level under the chairman of the Commissioner’s deputy had already been introduced, but did not work effectively and the violation of the procedure was continued to be reported from different parts of the district.
This question was also discussed and considered in the 255 Council, which took place in September, and it was decided to introduce a file that will ensure effective implementation of the procedure announced according to the rules for plastic waste, 2016 and subsequent changes, in the city of Mysur and the surrounding areas.
What does the set do
The set, as soon as it is created, will be monitored by the city, the hills of Chamundi, the spaces of the Mysuru Palace and other high -foot zones with regular inspection meetings.
It is expected that the ensemble will perform regular patrol daily in the jurisdiction of the municipal company MYSURU (MCC), Mysuru Taluk and other surrounding areas and will be authorized to entertain the forbidden Sup materials.
It is also expected to participate in public complaints and to make visits across urban and rural areas under its jurisdiction and seize the forbidden vultures in front of manufacturers, merchants and sellers.
All SUPs confiscated materials must be handed over to the MCC processors of plastic waste approved by KSPCB and the compliance report will be submitted to the Board of Directors. The set is also to take over IEC awareness in coordination with KSPCB and MCC to support alternatives.
Karnataka fights plastic threat despite a ban
Despite the ban, which has been established for years, forbidden plastics continue to dominate everyday life. Like other states in India, Karnataka is struggling with a plastic threat with one use, driven civic indifference and lucrative profit for the industry. | Video credit: Hindi
Constitution set
The constitution of the set includes the involvement of the former operator, the deployment of one marshal, acquires a reserved vehicle with a driver, with fuel provided by KSPCB, among other things.
By the way, NGOs in the city, including MySore Grahakar Parishat, have evoked the idea of introducing a working group at multiple meetings performed by authorities over the years. The urgency stems from a flagrant violation of the law on the use of vulture and litter in public places.
Resources in KSPCB said that, however, a circular ordering of the settings of the orchard, subjects and methods of implementation have not yet been discussed with the Commissioner, Commissioner MCC and other government authorities in question.
It is likely that the problem will start for discussion on Monday, when the officials of the leadership of the Commissioner meet to show programs to be held to designate the Golden Jubilee of the KSPCB.
Published – October 12, 2025 05:18
