Chandigarh, March 16 -- Ahead of the Swachh Survekshan inspection in the city, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) on Saturday kick-started a special drive against plastic carry bags, construction and demolition waste, horticulture waste, non-segregation of waste and littering, issuing 165 challans to violators on the first day.

Municipal commissioner Amit Kumar has formed various teams of the sanitation department to check violations of the municipal solid waste (MSW) rules in the city. During the inspection, the teams, headed by chief sanitation inspectors, found many shopkeepers using and storing plastic carry bags in violation of MSW rules.

Thus, the teams issued challans to the offenders and warned them of strict action if th...