jamshedpur acting upon the directives of east singhbhum dc suraj kumar a special drive was undertaken across the district to nab shopkeepers selling tobaccobased products without a valid licensethe ocs of various police stations and the civic body officials conducted raids across 292 shops in sidghoragolmuri area galudih dhalbhumgarh ghatshila dumaria bahragora barsol and gurabendha a penalty of rs 33000 was collected from the shopkeepers and firs were lodged against two shop owners in jugsalai area as many as 45 shops were raided in jugsalai notably the state government last month had directed authorities to ensure that shops selling tobacco products should procure special licenses and they can not sell any other productstask forces of civic bodies also carried out raids to remove encroachments from footpaths across the city in jugsalai area only 45 shops were removed and fines to the sum of rs 20500 was collected from owners the task force also found some shopowners not following covid19 sop so they were fined firs have also been lodged against some shop owners for using plastic bags which is a banned item in the state