State Act

The Chhattisgarh Plastic and Other Non Biodegradable Material (Regulation of Use and Disposal) Act, 2020.

8. Power and responsibility of Local Authority or Competent Authority. The Local Authority or the Competent Authority may, after giving notice in writing to the Owner or Occupier of any land, building or Vehicle, which has become a place of unauthorized stacking or deposit of non-biodegradable or biodegradable material, which is likely to cause a nuisance or is likely to injure the drainage and sewage system or is likely to be hazardous to life and health, remove or cause to be removed the garbage or material so stacked or collected, or take such steps as it may think necessary, and dispose of the said garbage or material at the cost of such person in the manner as provided under the rules made under this Act.