a woman recently approached a ward officer in south mumbai with an innocent query she had wrapped return gifts for her daughters wedding this past saturday in plastic and wanted to know if this would inconvenience her guests similarly a franchisee of an international food chain outlet approached bmc saying it had switched to allpaper material including glass and straw but the problem was the cold drink paper glass came with plastic caps so would the bmc provide guidance on alternatives other mumbaikars have asked officials if they can cover their windows with plastic sheets to block rainwaterthese are just some of the many questions that mumbaikars have been posing to the bmc in the runup to the plastic ban what confuses them further is that several civic officials themselves are unsure about the answers an official said we dont have any response ready as we ourselves are not clear about many points we simply ask them to attend our workshop to understand the plastic ban law and avoid giving a clear reply we hope senior officials raise these issues before the government to find some solution senior civic officials are worried the ban may be misused to harass citizens and businesses officials admitted that the awareness campaign on the ban was not adequate