IAS officer tweets gutkha-stained pic of Howrah Bridge, seeks solutions from Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Amitabh Bachchan – Occasions of India

The controversy surrounding the brand new tobacco commercial that includes Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar isn’t dying down.

After Akshay Kumar’s public apology and Ajay Devgn’s defence on his “private alternative” of starring in a tobacco model’s elaichi product advert, an IAS officer from West Bengal has come down closely on actors like SRK, Ajay and Amitabh Bachchan.

IAS officer Awanish Sharan took to Twitter and shared an image of one of many pillars of the long-lasting Howrah Bridge. He wrote in his tweet, “Kolkata Port Belief has stated saliva laced with gutkha is corroding the long-lasting 70-year-old bridge. The Howrah Bridge is beneath assault from gutkha-chewers.”

The sale of gutkha or paan masala (each tobacco merchandise) is totally banned in West Bengal as per a notification by West Bengal’s well being division.

The notification dated October 26, 2021, issued beneath the signature of Tapan Ok Rudra, commissioner of meals security, West Bengal, learn, “As per regulation 2.3.4 of the Meals Security and Requirements (Prohibition and Restrictions on Gross sales) Laws 2011 made by the Meals Security and Requirements Authority of India, within the train of powers conferred by clause (i) of sub-section (2) of part 92 of the Meals Security and Requirements Act, 2006 (Central Act 34 of 2006) learn with part 26 thereof, prohibits sale of articles of meals by which tobacco and/or nicotine are used as components, as they might be injurious to well being.”

The IAS officer additionally tagged actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Amitabh Bachchan.