Now, dish out Rs 50 for littering at India Gate

Amrita Singh / TNN / Sep 18, 2006, 01:16 IST

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You will be charged Rs 50 or will have to face a jail term for littering the green lawns at India gate.

Now, dish out Rs 50 for littering at India Gate

NEW DELHI: If you love to munch on a packet of chips sitting on the lawns of India Gate and care no more than throw the empty packet there with the alacrity of a javelin thrower, then this bit of news is just for you.
The next time you do it, you may just become poorer by Rs 50 for NDMC inspectors are out there to ensure visitors don't dump their waste on the lawns and roads.You will be charged Rs 50 or will have to face a jail term for littering the green lawns.
"It is the responsibility of the parents to instil civic sense in their children and if they can't do that then they should pay the fine and also undergo the embarrassment of NDMC inspectors scolding their children in public," said Col S K Garg, Health Officer, NDMC.
Nukkad nataks are being organised to teach people about the importance of keeping public places clean and especially the precincts of India gate. While the impact of the drive may not be immediately visible, officials say it will show results in the long term.

" Every day we have a new set of people visiting the place, so it will take some time before the drive actually starts showing results," said J S Meena, sanitary inspector.
The people on whom the drive seems to have made the maximum impact are the ice-cream and cold drink sellers on the Shahjahan Road. If customers don't throw the wrapper in the dustbins we pick up and do it ourselves because otherwise the officials will fine us," said Ramu a cold drink seller.

"I have already been fined Rs 1,000 once and now I am careful not to throw even the crown of the bottles on the streets," he adds. The fine for vendors is Rs 1,000.
In the last few months NDMC has placed more than 140 dustbins in and around India gate and the amount of garbage generated is so much that the staff at the lawns has to empty it thrice a day.
Supervisors and cleaning staff work in round-the clock shifts and their work starts only after the stream of visitors start receding around 12 am.

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