Mysuru, Feb. 8 -- The officials of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who are acting tough on those storing, selling and distributing banned plastics, raided a shop at Santhepet on Thursday afternoon and seized 618 kgs of banned plastics.

Led by MCC Environmental Engineer Mythri, a team of officials and Abhaya team members, the officials found the banned plastics being sold at Dhanvantri Traders at Santhepet and conducted a search during which 618 kgs of banned plastics were found stored in the godown attached to the shop.

The MCC officials, who seized the banned materials, imposed a fine of Rs. 25,000 on the shop owner besides cancelling the shop's Trade License. Environmental Engineer Mythri, speaking to SOM said that they would recommend...