Crackdown on polythene plastic shopping bags by the district administration of Peshawar is being continued as 1,200 kilograms of plastic bags were seized in different localities.

On the directives of the Deputy Commissioner, Mohammad Ali Asghar, the Assistant Commissioner of Shah Alam, Dr. Ihteshamul Haq, inspected various shops on Pajgi Road while AC (Mathani), Rizwana Dar carried out checking in Mathani Bazaar and other localities, seized 1,200 kilograms of plastic polythene bags and arrested four shopkeepers.

It is worth mentioning that the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has banned polythene bags and district administration in light of those directives is busy in crackdown against plastic shopping bags.

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) told the trading community to use alternative bio-degradable shopping bags, otherwise stern action would be taken against them. All Additional Assistant Commissioners (AACs) have been issued directives in this regard.