AP News Hyderabad to be a clean city
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Greater Hyderabad will turn out to be a clean city soon. From August 1
the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will impose a
penalty of Rs 50 on those who litter roads and nalas.
The corporation has been imposing a fine on people for urinating in public places since Feb. 2007 and also for dumping bulk garbage by hotels and function halls in September 2006.
As many as 3,000 cases have been booked and about Rs 5 lakh has been collected from people for urinating in public places, in the last five months. About 2,000 cases have been booked against hotels and function halls and Rs 20 lakh has been collected in the last 10 months.
"From August 1 a fine would be imposed for littering, as people are throwing garbage on the roads instead of bins. This not only spoils our efforts to keep the city clean but also adds to the spread of diseases," GHMC additional commissioner (health and sanitation) R Rammohan Rao told 'TOI' on Monday.
The GHMC will also impose a fine on residents and shop owners who throw garbage into open nalas. "Door to door garbage collection scheme was introduced in 2005 to many colony associations, yet people throw garbage into the open nalas, resulting in blockage of drains," Rao said.
A fine of Rs 50 would be collected for urination in public places and Rs 200 to Rs 15,000 from hotels and functional halls for dumping garbage.             |