chennai tamil nadu will show considerable progress on the plastic eradication front as the state has rolled out several campaigns to implement a ban on singleuse plastics the government has informed madras high courta submission to this effect was made before a division bench of justice s vaidyanathan and justice p t asha by the states environment secretary supriya sahurecording the submissions the bench suggested to the officer that such campaigns especially through the media should be done even in the private channels so that it would reach a large number of the members of the publicthe chief minister could do his bit for the eradication campaign the court saidthe court then directed the officer to report steps that have been taken in the direction of eradicating plastics especially after the meeting titled pragati proactive governance and timely implementation held by the prime minister on february 24the issue pertains to a review petition moved by the tamil nadupondy plastic association to review an order passed on december 27 2018 on a plea moved against ban of single use plasticswhen the plea came up for hearing supriya sahu who appeared in person said the state had taken around 14 different stepscampaigns to address the issue a steering panel has been put in place to monitor the entire campaign for eradication of plastic we would be able to report considerable progress within three months she saidshe further added that the state has taken steps to create awareness among the public through visual and audio media to sensitise the publicon december 27 2018 while dismissing the original plea moved by the association the court observed that even products exempted under the go banning single use plastics should also be banned to make the state completely plasticfree the court also questioned the logic behind banning plastic carry bags alone while allowing milk and food items to be sold in plastic packs