Alwyn, mangalore

please provide environment friendly biodegradable plastic bags to fit the purpose.

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Aubb, Kuwait

Yes, plastic bags have done, harm beyond repair to our country, butI cannot imagine especially carrying fish in a real cloth bag, that too if it will let icy water, blood to drip if one is driving a car, or carrying by public bus, auto or other transport modes causing so much of inconvenience all the way from the market to one's destination!!!??

One has to think in a practical way before implementing unpractical methods that will be an embarrassment to themselves and defeat the whole purpose of doing it in the first place.

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Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore

Sallu Bangalore have you ever visited Fish Markets and docks were these women work hard alongside men folk to take care of their families they definetly do not love to work in the filth and stink but family responsibilities have forced them too just because they do not know certain unimportant things and speak in fancy literate language does not make them less educated then you are, Real education brings in humility where as literacy makes you proud, arrogant and conceited I think you belong to the later group being literate only gets you knowledge not wisdom but when you are Educated you have compassion to another living being!!

So being literate and educated are not the same thing like you Sallu you look like a Literate Monster not fit for being in society where you have no compassion towards honest hard working human beings, you should probably be in one of the giant corporations where they look people as dispensable and think only people who graduate with A MBA or equivalent and attend a prestigious university and are class toppers have all the right in the world to call themselves Educated.

But please look around! Persons in your own country and in International and in History all the persons who are really successful were Educated were not Highly Literate like you are!! Please try to educate yourself!! I am sure you do not posses the common sense of these Fisher Women!!

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sallu, Bangalore

Funny, Fisherwomen got upset for distributing cloth bags to people by some officials.
Why it should matter to them how people carry their fish. Their interest is in only selling the fish.
This may be because of the plastic bags manufacturers and dealers who have a big stock of those plastic bags.
Anyway manufacturers\stockists had ample time to get rid of the plastic bags.
The reason for banning plastic bags has been explained very well by the government. Now Govt. should employ some people to convey this message verbally to those people who are illiterate.

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Abdul Kareem, Bhatkal

Just because Vehicles let out carbon monoxide and other poisonous gases that doesn't mean that vehicle production / movement should be banned in India / worldwide.

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A. SHETTY, MANGALORE, KSA

I fully agree with ANTONY USA EITHAN AVIDHAN OF FLORIDA. These officials need to take other tasks on priority basis. And I think the senior team members need to have a crash course at least in Middle-east if not in UK/USA. (offcourse it would be costly for MUNICIPALITY BUDGET.)

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Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore

Now you can use you Tantex/ Pantex or Jockey what ever you are wearing please throw your mobile most of your clothes as they all contain polyester fibers your kind ask us to move with time then your kind ask us go back to the stone age

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Ethan Avidhan, Florida/ Mangalore

One of most silly and Hypocritical ban ever!! it is sad to see out “highly” literate district becoming highly uneducated, why cannot government themselves restrict the use of plastic in many things they themselves supply like Nadini milk, Arrack Pouches, Rice bags, fertilizer bags and list is endless , and then ask the Major business houses and families to use alternative packaging methods to market the Product or stop the plastic bag manufacturing industries or ban the polymer import and manufacturing all over the world, for this no environmental authorities neither have guts! why should always only the poor should always suffer and again end benefits usually go to the traders who are presently selling a bag made as similar materials as Geotex at a Premium (Geotex® woven geotextiles have superior capacity for filtration and load distribution, reducing rutting and extending the life of paved and unpaved roadways. Made from individually woven, ultraviolet (UV)-resistant polypropylene yarns, and manufactured with high tensile strength and low elongations, Geotex woven geotextiles provide dimensional stability and resistance to the biological and chemical environments normally found in soils.) is this any better than plastic I don't know, People please clearly understand every intention, motivation and corrupt minds behind such Bans, do not be a hypocrite as Plastic has too many advantages in every field especially Medical Industries etc also it helps us from depleting our natural resources such as various Ores!! Please stop this Herd mentality and let us see how we can live with Plastic and use it responsibly should everything has to be forced upon us (Indians especially) we are in a democratic country not under the rule of a Dictator and in India almost everything is reused and recycled, we have to just pay a little bit more to collect the used plastic and then you see you will be able not see bit of unused plastic anywhere, probably people may break into your house to steal your safely stored plastic bags!

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Glen, Dubai-Mangalore

Distribute the bags among the school children and they will educate the parents...! Need collective support and understandng not MIS-UNDERSTANDING on political-(Congress/BJP/JD Or religion basis (Hindu-Muslim-Christian etc, who had given the bags !! Think Green !!

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John Tauro, M'lore / Kwt

Mr. Proud Indian, Udupidar,
Namaskara! By 'educated' I don't mean that fisherwomen should attain college education. What I meant was before distributing free cotton bags, the municipal authorities should inform and explain them about the long term dangers posed by the use of plastic bags. " Boka kaas da vishay, " these women know better than us how to pay and to whom to pay.

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SUNDAR KARITHOTA, HALEANGADI

Use and throw plastic containers should be banned from the production point. Now people edicted to the plastic but if banned slowly they will adjust for the situation. Domestic/snacks seled in plastic packets also to be banned in the district.Tolerance of a ittle inconvenience will help us to keep our district clean.

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rajesh, kuwait

For Fish and Meat Plastic bags ok...

because we can't take fish by cloth bag because it contains ice water and fish water...

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ASHRAF MOHAMMED, MANGALORE

If district administration really want to ban plastics. First they have to ban newly arrived non woven bags which contains 92% plastics and also ban kurkure, lays , choclate wapers etc.,,

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Godwin Mendonca, Mangalore/ Saudi

We are addicted to Plastic now its difficult to live without it but we can try to reduce the usage of plastic in our routine works.

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Alan, M'lore

Dear Administrators,

Please ban the plastic at production level, which inturn will give rise to people to find for themselves an alternate source inorder to carryout their daily needs.
You dont need to sit and convince the uneducated, irrational public who is not determined to safe guard the environment in which they are living.
A pig stays in shit, sleeps in shit and eats shit. 

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Stephen, mangalore

There is no doubt, plastic is harmful for environment... but, we can not avoid plastic everywhere... especially to carry fish...

But, Let us avoid plastic, wherever we can. Like to caryy vegitables, day to day grocery items etc...

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MOHAN POOJARY, Kanekarabettu,Mangalore

upto 1974 Dakshina Kannada pepole was
using only Cloth Bags carry Fish.so
why Fisherwomen are angry now.

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Dexter, Abu Dhabi

This time I appreciate the efforts of the administation. Our minds take long to get accustomed to what has been in practice for long. Banning plastic is one step towards saving our environment and people should support this cause than revolting. Let people carry their own bags while going shopping. I am very sure that at least those who think of the environment will do it.
In cases like these where reqeust does not work, force is the only way.

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damian mendonca, Bijai

most of the people think it's a joke to distribute cloth bags in fish market, but we need to appreciate the administrators. Whenever there's a positive change we need to encourage them instead of jumping to conclusions. Atleast, the people are aware throughout mangalore now that plastic is a hazard to our city...

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vincent, Mangalore/India

Instead off distributing cloth bags, Why not put directly ban on FACTORY for not producing plastic bags?..This is the easiest and effective way.

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Shash Shetty, Santhoor

You are right James..even I used to go our Mudharangadi fish market with a Plastic wire bag ( Sangees cheela) meant to bring only fish which would be reused for years and years. It is Patrons who must take the initiative.

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Pradeep, Kadri

Nana meen kanyere popinakulu " Bisale" pathondu pole..

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sunil, mangalore

PLASTIC BANNED... what about...MIXTURE, TUKUDI, CHAKULI, UNDE ETC ETC AW VOIT PACKING APUN??? STRAW USE MALPERE IJI GE... BOKA VOIT JUICE PARPUN??? 1 INCH DHA PIPE DA??? CHOCKLATE WRAPPERS BAN MALPLE.. TARPAULINE BAN MALPLE,ETC ETC

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R.Bhandarkar., M

Dear James Almeida
Please Elaborate or explain with Reference to Context or Sandarbha Sahita Vivarisi-Remember our School days and Exams?Now:
1)It serves dual purpose- How?!!
2)Fish also Tastes Good-How?!!-Believe me I am rolling over in laughter typing this...! haa haa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..

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James Almeida, Mangalore

I remeber during my primary school days in my native place. We used to pass through the local fish market in the evening just to have a glimpse of the fish. There are no plastic bags then neither people used to carry any cloth bags etc. elederly males used to quietly take out their loin cloth and spread in front the fisherwomen! That serves the dual purpose! The fish also tastes good! No complaints from any quarters!!!

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JIgmig, Mangalore

I agree that plastic is not good for the environment, but Cloth bags cannot be used for carrying fresh fish. There will be leakage of water from the bags. It can be used for carrying dry fish.

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Vivek, Udupi

It is better using thick enviornment freindly plastic bags than thin plastic bags that clogs the drain and doesn't dissolve in soil.

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Dev, Mangalore

Introduce PLASTIC lined cloth or jute or synthetic bags which won't drip & are reusable, then only this can be feasible.
Or else provide them with leaves or arecanut "pale" just like in the olden days, which is not leakproof either.

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antony arun d'souza, dubai

Last time when they [adminstrators]started to impose fine for urinating in public,i was afraid if someone will hit them[admistrators] after urinating in public for fining them....ha ha ha...Lancy moras...what a drama in m'lore.Tommorrow these fishermen will go to their office to sell fish...ha ha haaaaaaa

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Anthony, Mangalore/USA

Sometimes I wonder the (educated)administrators are more uneducated than the fishermen & women. It is more hilarious to think the scene in the fish market. I wonder how much it will cost to clean the cloth bag if used to carry fish & meat and also dirty the vehicle which someone would travel with. Any common sense? At least these administrators started with grocery shops instead making fools of themselves!!!! Nice joke.

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viswanath naik, karkala

Cloth bags can be used to carry vegetables. For carrying fish they must use 120 microns plastic or paper bags with aluminum coat like milk and juice can or customers must bring their own bags. For god sake save this earth leave this earth environment free for the next genaration

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NDS, Sharjah

Why they allow the manufacturers to produce these plastic bags? If no production, from where it will be used.

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Wilma Peris, Gurpur Kaikamba, Muscat

There cannot be a blanket ban on use of plastic bags. If plastic bags should not be used to carry fish, then plastic packets should not be used to market Nandini milk or any other pre-packed product. After all more people consume milk than fish.

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proud to be an indian, udupi dubai

hey mr john tauro , These fisherwomen need to be educated first, ur sentence is wrong If our fisher women were educated they would not be selling fish. keep in mind ,hats off for fisherwomen , they showed wat they are , never ever udupi mangalore ladies did this , they dare superb attitude , today these people will distribute bag , after a month they charge 1 rupees , after 3 month 2 rupees , after 6 months 5 rupees , after a year 10 rupees , mangalore city corporation are waiting voittt kaaas manpere apund pandh . for fish plastic bags is required , for other vegetable grocerrry stuffs these bags should be given free of cost by government .

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Francis lobo, Bejai/Mangalore

My memory goes 20 years back when we were kids. There were no plastic bags that time. The shop keeper was packing the items in paper bags folded in front of us. Usually they were old newspapers. There were brown colour paper bags also for packing. People were going to fish market and vegetable market with plastic woven bags which were reusable .Even they were washed at home and kept separatley.Even bread came in clean printed paper. Bakeries like Komal's used to pack their products in paper covers.Milk was supplied by KMF in glass bottles which were collected by the supplier for recirculation. The plastic bags really spoiled the market and re usability. We can see plastic bags thrown everywhere on road, in drain, in park. Even plastic bottles are thrown. It is the right decision of the government to ban plastic.People should use either cloth,jute or plastic woven bags which are reusable and environment friendly. It is worth than throwing the thin plastic bags or burning it and saving our environment

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jyothi, mangalore

FOR FISH AND MEAT ITEMS, WE MUST TAKE BIG STEEL TIFFIN BOXES SO THAT WE CAN CARRY ALL FISH/MEAT IN IT AND IT IS CLEAN AND HYGENIC AND WE CAN REUSE THOSE BOXES AGAIN AND AGAIN. THESE BOXES CAN BE CARRIED IN CLOTH BAGS.

NO NEED FOR PLASTIC AT ALL.

WE FRIENDS HAVE ALREADY STARTED CARRYING OUR BOXES FOR MEAT/FISH AND IT IS VERY EASY TOO AS WHEN WE COME HOME, WE CAN JUST DUMP THE BOX IN FRIDGE.

IT IS ONLY A HABIT AND ONCE WE START IT, IT WILL BE GOOD. WE WILL REALISE IT THAT IT SAVES US AND ENVIRONMENT.

BEFORE ALL WERE USING CLOTH BAGS AND OUR OLDER GENERATION HAD LESS SICKNESS AND GOOD HEALTH. NOW PLASTICS ARE CAUSING MUCH DAMAGE TO HUMANS AND ANIMALS TOO.

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Peter, Bangalore

Imagine Carrying fish in cloths bag and going home, its very similar to fish lorry on our national highway.

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wilma, Mangalore

hats off to the administration for taking the action to distribute cloth bags to the general public. Jago Mangalore high time we wake up & keep our city clean & away from the hazards of the plastic use. I hope atleast the educated people explain the illiterates the nuisance of using plastic. When the fisherwoman come to know the fact that people will start using cloth bags for taking fish deffinetely they will support the administration one day for taking this step.

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prajwal, mlore

hey jossey, dont forget being educated person you are using plastic keyboards to type ur stupid comments.

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John Tauro, M'lore / Kwt

These fisherwomen need to be educated first about the environmental hazards caused by the use of plastic bags. They also need to be reminded that years back their mothers and grandmothers sold only fish and not bags. The buyers had to take bags with them, which were usually made of cotton or jute.

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Ivan, Mangalore

The bags distributed are reusable then y this agitation. Bags after going home can be washed & used again. Better people wake & know the consequences of using plastics. I appreciate the steps taken by the administration against the plastics.

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Jossey Saldanha, Mangalore/Mapusa/Mumabi

If our fisher women were educated they would not be selling fish.
I guess our elite and educated BJP members address the evils of plastic on our environment........

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Jwallan Pereira, Mangalore/Dubai

This makes sense.. How can anyone use cloth bags to carry fish o meat products ?? The water content from these products usually drip/drain from plastic bags.. There are certain plastic products which cannot be banned from using. Such Straws, Bags to carry meat, Fresh wraps, Plastic food containers and there are many more. So Officials make some sensible decision rather than getting insulted in public.

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Lancy Moras, Moushmi Creations

Ashamed by the incident, the administrators fled from the scene.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....This is filmy scene. God saved them from getting PALEDA PETT.

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