India and plastic bags is much like Cyprus and seatbelts

I read with interest the letter from Annette Chrystostomou and wonder if she has ever visited India. I have, as recently as two month ago, and was served in every shop with a plastic bag to carry away my purchases! Furthermore the streets of Delhi, Agra & Jaipur were strewn with discarded plastic carrier bags. The Indians seem to ignore the communal refuse bins and instead pile their rubbish at the junction of major streets so that the wandering animals and stray dogs may sift through them for food during the day and a JCB clears the rubbish at the start of the next day.

If, indeed, there is such a fine as she describes perhaps it is taken just as seriously there as the laws in Cyprus regarding car seatbelts, motor cycle helmets and mobile phone use while driving.

DN Bell, Paralimni

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