JAIPUR: Any person throwing garbage on road will now have to pay a fine ranging between Rs 100 and Rs 5,000 daily. According to the orders issued on Friday by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC), various fines can now be imposed on public under different violations.
Failure to segregate waste can invite a fine of Rs 200. JMC Greater commissioner Yagyamitra Singh Dev issued the orders on Friday under the Solid Waste Management Rules, in which all the deputy commissioners have been directed to challan 10 people daily in their respective zones and send penalty information to deputy commissioner, health.
This has been done to instil fear in public for throwing garbage on streets or else they will have to pay a huge amount in the form of fine.
Rashmi Kankariya, health officer at JMC Greater said, “The state government had made these bylaws on April 12, 2019, to recover the penalty amount against the culprits for violating the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 in the urban body areas, but they were not implemented. Now, the Greater commissioner has imposed the fines with proper instructions. This will be helpful in making people cautious.”
The corporation commissioner has issued instructions to all the deputy commissioners of the zones that penalty amount should be collected from the violators of the bylaws made under the waste management rules. The chief cleaning inspector, ward sanitary inspector, junior engineer and revenue instructions have also been given task to co-operate in this process.