The J&K Pollution Control Board (PCB), Srinagar on Friday seized huge quantity of banned single use polythene (SUP) during a raid conducted in Babdam area here.
The PCB said that during the raid, around 39 cartons of SUP cups were seized and the offender was compound challaned and a penalty of Rs 50000 was imposed and recovered from him.
The raid was carried out by a joint team of PCB Srinagar headed by Divisional Officer Mohammad Yousuf and Forest Protection Force personals led by deputy inspector ZafarInayat.
The raid was conducted under the directions of Chairman J&K PCB Suresh Chugh and under the supervision of Member Secretary B.M Sharma and Regional Director Rafi Ahmad Bhat.