States told to impose fine to curb littering
Ajith Athrady NEW DELHI: March 25, 2016, DHNS:
Littering in public places may soon attract on-the-spot fine with the Centre asking states to emulate Rajasthan in enacting laws to maintain cleanliness in public places.
The Urban Development Ministry’s March 17 letter to states emphasised that Clean India “is a time-bound” mission and its success depends to a large extent on behaviour change among citizens.
The Rajasthan Assembly has passed a law with provisions to impose fines for urinating, spitting and throwing garbage in public places, drawing graffiti on public walls without permission, polluting water bodies, including rivers and lakes by dumping wastes.
Urban local bodies in some states have been imposing fines as cleanliness is part of Municipal Act. However, the law is not applicable to gram panchayat areas. The law cleared by Rajasthan is applicable for both urban and rural.
“The Rajasthan law will empower both urban local bodies and panchayats to impose fine against those guilty,” said an official.
Last year, the Centre tried to bring in a Central legislation on this issue, but it dropped the idea as framing such laws are under states’ domain.
The Urban Development Ministry’s March 17 letter to states emphasised that Clean India “is a time-bound” mission and its success depends to a large extent on behaviour change among citizens.
The Rajasthan Assembly has passed a law with provisions to impose fines for urinating, spitting and throwing garbage in public places, drawing graffiti on public walls without permission, polluting water bodies, including rivers and lakes by dumping wastes.
Urban local bodies in some states have been imposing fines as cleanliness is part of Municipal Act. However, the law is not applicable to gram panchayat areas. The law cleared by Rajasthan is applicable for both urban and rural.
“The Rajasthan law will empower both urban local bodies and panchayats to impose fine against those guilty,” said an official.
Last year, the Centre tried to bring in a Central legislation on this issue, but it dropped the idea as framing such laws are under states’ domain.
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