In a sanitation drive conducted against littering, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) issued 343 challans on Thursday. A senior SDMC official said against littering was taken simultaneously in 167 markets. The maximum 187 chalans were issued in South Zone whereas the 33 challans were issued in Nazafgarh Zone.
SDMC Commissioner Dr Puneet Kumar Goel has asked 'Department of Environment Maintenance Services' (DEMS) to organize special theme based sanitation drives every day.
The official said that the drive was organised for the first time to make general public aware about the consequences of littering. A campaign to create awareness was also conducted in markets such as Nehru Place, Amar Colony, Jangpura, Dwarka (Sector 4 and 10).
Meanwhile, to beat the effect of pollution in the National Capital, SDMC also issued around 2,579 challans in all its four zones in the month of December.
According to the senior officials SDMC, in South Zone, around 479 challans were issued for open burning during night time. While 81 challans were slapped for violation of construction activities resulting in dust pollution, around 204 challans were issued for dumping waste in drains. Also, 34 challans were issued under Solid Waste Management (SWM) laws. 305 general challans were also issued in South Zone by SDMC.
Officials informed that dedicated teams keep visiting areas under the civic body and fined the violators. I may be noted that the SDMC had constituted six teams for conducting night patrolling. "A total of Rs 16,44,450 was recovered from these challans out of which Rs 211400 was collected against construction activities, Rs 3,01,200 were collected against dumping waste in drains, Rs 4,51,800 were collected from general challans and Rs 6, 800, 50 was collected for violating SWM laws," an official said.
Similarly, in Central Zone during night patrolling 54 challans were issued for open burning and 53 challans were issued for construction activities resulting in dust pollution. Further, 86 mobile challans and 421 general challans were also issued. Night patrolling parties also issued another 636 challans.
The officials further said that in West Zone, a total of 226 challans were issued for building material; open burning during night and general challans. Interestingly, in Nafgarh Zone, no challan were issued this month.