NDMC launches ‘anti-insanitary drive’ to clean India Gate

NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) launched an “anti-insanitary drive” over the weekend to keep the India Gate and recently renamed Kartavya Path clean.

The drive includes ten teams of sanitary staff to keep the erstwhile Rajpath area clean and promote public hygiene. The civic body also penalised people who litter on the road, unauthorized vendors or hawkers on the Kartavya Path and the world war memorial in the national capital for dumping waste.

Earlier, the civic body issued a notification against waste accumulation in the public areas under section 267 (3) (a) of the NDMC Act, 1994, and the section reads, “no person shall deposit rubbish, filth and other polluted and obnoxious matter in any street.” The notification also prescribed a fine of ₹50 in case of violation, and if the violator does not pay the fine, then a complaint will be lodged against them as per the provision of the NDMC Act.

The teams consisting of sanitary staff members are also educating the people in the area about the consequences of unhygienic public places. Apart from that, dedicated teams from the health, enforcement and security department have been engaged by NDMC to prevent encroachment, littering, spitting and defacement in the area. The move aims to prevent the vendors from selling illegal items on the Kartavya Path and to keep the area clean and hygienic.

The local body has earmarked six zones for the vendors nearby Man Singh Road, C Hexagon and Rafi Marg. The enforcement department has been asked to check vendors’ documents and ensure that there are no squatters.