Amritsar MC to penalize heftily for open garbage dumping, littering

AMRITSAR: Amritsar Municipal Corporation can now impose penalties ranging from Rs 250 to Rs 25000 for littering, open defecation and open garbage dumping as new rules have been implemented with the Municipal Solid Waste Management Project. A new committee has been set up to decide the amount of penalties for various offenses similar to the one’s mentioned above. Open defecation will attract a penalty of Rs 250 along with spitting and littering in public areas. Hotels, restaurants, commercial establishments, slaughterhouses and meat sellers will have to pay Rs 1000 for dumping waste on the roads. 

The penalty would be extended to Rs 25,000 in case of dumping of industrial and commercial waste.

According to Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu, the municipal corporation would be conducting campaigns to generate public awareness about the new bylaws, also urging the residents to cooperate with the city authorities.