Town Municipal Council (TMC) has decided to implement ban on usage of plastic seriously and in this regard it has decided to impose penalty of Rs 500 on shops which use plastic for the first time and Rs 1,000 as penalty for second time. Shops which violate the rule more than twice will lose their license. The decision was approved at the general body meeting of Council on Thursday, with President P D Ponnappa in chair. The council also decided to seek approval from Government to impose penalty of Rs 10 on general public and tourists who use plastic. The penalty on shops will be imposed immediately while the proposal to impose penalty on public and tourists will take some more time as it has to be approved by the Government. Though the Council had declared Madikeri town as