5 traders fined for using plastic bags

A mobile court yesterday fined five trading firms in Saidpur municipality of the district for using plastic bags instead of jute bags for packaging rice and other commodities.

The firms are Messrs Jonaki Store, Messrs Nasim Store, Messrs Sayed Store, Messrs Abdul Gani Store and Messrs Guddu Store in the municipality.

Abu Saleh Md Musa Jongi, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Saidpur upazila, led the mobile court along with a police team and raided the trading centres at around 11:30am.

During the raid, he found violation of the packaging rule that makes use of jute bags mandatory for packaging some specified goods.

He fined each of the traders Tk 15 thousand, which they paid instantly.

The UNO said that he gave light punishment to the traders as they gave him commitment not to use plastic bags again in packaging those goods in future.

He said stern action would be taken against them if they didn't follow the  packaging rules.

ATM Taibur Rahman, chief jute inspector of Nilphamari district, accompanied the mobile court.