Still, a few shopkeepers are telling us that the items are expensive for them..Hence, the products are available at discounted prices."Another manufacturer, Siddhesh Dalvi from Supreme Industries Lim-ited, Chakala, Andheri east, too, claimed that there had been no additional calls from new shopkeepers since the ban was enforced.Mumbai: The demand for cloth and jute bags continues to be low despite the ban on plastic, with manufacturers of these items stating that not many retailers have approached them for supplies.

The ban has just come into force, so we are expecting the demand to increase in the coming days.Chetan Mehta from Shreeji Enterprises, Char-kop, Kandivali, said, "There has been no increase in the demand for jute and cotton bags after the plastic ban.Some shopkeepers have been reluctant to place orders for jute and cotton bags because of prohibitive prices. The manufacturers further said that while some shops from the list provided by the BMC were calling them, they were recycle ribbon Manufacturers not placing orders citing unaffordable prices. We have got calls from a few new shops after the BMC uploaded the list of manufacturers on its official website. A Tardeo manufacturer of these items said, "We are manufacturing jute bags and ARECA disposable products, so we usually deal in wholesale. Penalties have been slapped on around 132 premises which include food outlets like Burger King, McDonald’s and Starbucks among others."Meanwhile, the BMC has collected fines to the tune of `660,000 during the first three days of the plastic ban.