CHENNAI: In a renewed effort to uphold the Nilgiris district’s plastic ban, the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC), Ooty region, has issued strict instructions to ensure that passengers do not carry banned plastic drinking water and soft drink bottles while travelling to the hill district.

Following complaints that prohibited plastic bottles were still being transported on government buses, TNSTC has directed all drivers and conductors to alert passengers before departure from the Mettupalayam bus stand in Coimbatore -- the key gateway to the Nilgiris.

In a circular, M. Jaishankar, General Manager of TNSTC (Ooty region), instructed conductors from all six branches under the region to ensure passengers bound for the Nilgiris do not possess banned plastic items.

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