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SIALKOT, Jul 26 (APP):On the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Zulqarnain, a crackdown was started against brick kilns not using zigzag technology. In this regard, Environmental Protection Department took action and sealed 6 kilns and registered cases against them.
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Zulqarnain said that kilns running without zigzag will be demolished and all such kiln owners were warned to follow government instructions to save the units running without zigzag from demolition.
He said that the Chief Minister of Punjab was determined to eliminate problems like environmental pollution and smog and no negligence in this regard will be tolerated.
He said that there is a complete ban on the manufacture, sale and use of plastic bags less than 75 microns.
He said that all plastic shops are instructed to cancel the orders of banned shopping bags and stop selling and store them otherwise all the bags will be confiscated by the government and the shops would be closed and heavy fines imposed.