Waste generators question penalty criteria of MC

Ludhiana: At a time when Ludhiana municipal corporation has served notices on 25 prominent institutions, which were all bulk waste generators, while asking them to pay a penalty for not making arrangements to settle waste on their respective premises, some of these defaulters had questioned the criteria for imposing the penalty.
The officials are also in the process of identifying some other defaulters.
The officials claimed they have received replies from some of the defaulters who had asked about the criteria for imposing penalty on them.
In September, the officials had served notices on establishments, including apartments in Ghumar Mandi; Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College; Punjab Agricultural University (PAU); Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Gadvasu); Baba Jaswant Singh Dental College and Hospital; ATI institute; ITI institute; CMC Hospital; DMC Hospital; SPS hospital; Fortis hospital; Mohan Dai Oswal hospital; ESI hospital; Deepak hospital; Civil hospital Ludhiana; Krishna Charitable hospital; Pahwa hospital; Deep hospital and Guru Teg Bahadur charitable hospital. Earlier Mandi Board was also served the notice.
Medical officer health of MC Dr Vipul Malhotra said, “Those who were served notices are bound to pay the penalty amount and make necessary arrangements at their premises for settling the waste. We will serve notices to other such violators as well.” He said they would do recovery of penalty as well.