Over two months after a blanket ban on use of plastic bags was imposed, traders across the national capital have been flouting it, thanks to slack enforcement and lack of a cost effective alternative.

Is it any wonder that the BBMP is not taken seriously when it fails to not just follow through on its promises, but also on measures intended to save the city’s environment? It was in March last year

Where there’s rubbish there’s nearly always plastic. Bengaluru’s streets are littered with tiny white and black plastic bags that fly into drains or simply lie around being an eyesore. While the other