The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued 70 challans on Wednesday for urinating and spitting at public places and collected Rs 25,000 as a fine.
A senior remaining NMC official said the Corporation has issued 526 challans and collected Rs 1,45,000 as fine till now while the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has issued 30 and collected Rs 7,000 as a fine.
However, in case the violator refused to pay the fine, the concerned official is empowered to initiate the proceedings to recover the said amount as per section 455 of the ‘Delhi Municipal Corporation’ (DMC) act treating non-payment of fun was dues recoverable while discharging obligatory function upon the corporation of clause X of section 42 of the DMC Act, he added.
It may be noted that civic agencies in the national Capital had announced a complete ban on spitting or urinating in public spaces and said anyone found violating the directive will be slapped with a fine of Rs 1,000. According to notification, the SDMC had said that the violators will be challaned on the spot and fine will be collected on the spot.
