KMC to install CCTV cameras to monitor garbage dumping

KARNAL: The Karnal Municipal Corporation (KMC) is ready to install CCTV cameras in 20 different locations of Karnal. This step is initiated to monitor and take stringent actions against the habitual offenders who dump garbage along the roads.

The process has started and the authorities claim that all points would be equipped with cameras soon.

This initiative is expected to help in the transformation of Karnal city into a garbage-free city.

The authorities claim that this would stop people from dumping garbage in the open and would lead to developing the habit of handing over segregated garbage to the vehicles assigned for the work by the KMC.

They are hopeful that it would help in securing the top position in the country in Swachh Survekshan-2019.

Karnal city secured the first place in Haryana and 41^st rank in India out of more than 4,000 cities of the country in Swachh Survekshan-2018. It secured 65^th rank all over the country in Swachh Survekshan-2017, improving from 123^rd rank in 2014. It also received a special award for being the cleanest city in North India under the category of population 2 to 10 lakh in 2017.

Rajiv Mehta, Commissioner, KMC, said, “After conducting a survey, we identified around 20 sites where people dump garbage regularly, making the area unhygienic. We have decided to install CCTV cameras at these spots. This step will help in making the city clean. To promote segregation of garbage from the source, we have already started door-to-door collection of garbage. Despite this step, several people and private garbage collectors are dumping garbage along the roadside. We will also impose fine on the offenders dumping garbage along the road.”