Tribune News service

Patiala, June 28

As garbage is piling up in the city, Mayor Sanjeev Kumar Sharma has exhorted people to discard garbage as per norms, and stated that only 10 per cent residents were not following the laid down procedure.

The Mayor held a drive in the city at the market adjacent to a garbage pile in a bid to educate the residents about the proper disposal of garbage.

He said the corporation was spending crores of rupees on waste management in the city but the effort was suffering due to the negligence on the part of only 10 per cent of the city’s population.

This is while the city is again witnessing the piles of garbage at various places, partially due to the the protest of contractual cleanliness workers’ which is going on for the past one week. Over 400 contractual workers have stopped all work related to cleanliness.

The Mayor said people should adhere to the norms and dispose of garbage properly. He said the people would be slapped a minimum fine of Rs1,000 for negligent behaviour and discarding garbage in the open. “We are going to implement a number of other such norms as well,” he said.