Urinating in open and spitting on the Government office premises will now attract a penalty as the Centre has issued a new Standard Operating Procedures for ‘Swachchh Bharat Mission’ to ensure a clean, hygienic and healthy work environment.
littering and non-collection of construction and demolition waste by the contractor will also attract penalty.
These SOPs have been shared with all Central Government Ministries recently asking them to follow the new procedures to ensure complete sanitation in office premises, senior Government officials said.
It mandates every department to form a sanitation committee under the chairmanship of relevant Joint Secretary looking after the charge of administration to monitor compliance to the SOP.