No industrial unit or project shall be established or undertaken without obtaining, in the manner prescribed by rules, an Environmental Clearance Certificate from the Director General.

If, on the advice of the Director General or otherwise, the Government is satisfied that all kinds or any kind of polythene shopping bag, or any other article made of polyethylene or polypropylene, or any other article is injurious to the environment, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, issue a direction imposing absolute ban on the manufacture, import, marketing, sale, demonstration for sale, stock, distribution, commercial carriage or commercial use, or allow the operation or management of such activities under conditions specified in the notification, and every person shall be bound to comply with such
direction :

Provided that such direction shall not be applicable to the following cases:-
(a) if the article specified in the notification is exported or used
for export;
(b) if the direction mentions that it is not applicable to any particular kind of polythene shopping bag.

Explanation.- In this section “polythene shopping bag” means a bag, thonga or other container which is made of polyethylene or poly propylene or any compound or mixture thereof and is used for purchasing, selling, keeping or carrying another article.

No person or organization shall cut and/or raze hills and dunes owned or occupied by any government or semi-government or autonomous organization or privately owned:

Provided, however, that any hill or hill may be cut or removed by taking the permission of the Department in case of imperative national interest.