Deciding to take firm action against employees spitting on its office premises after having pan or gutkha, the Raipur Development Authority (RDA) has decided to impose fines for violating cleanliness rules. RDA Chief Executive Officer M D Kavre in a meeting held here stated that for first offence the fine is Rs100, the second offence would invite fine of Rs500 and if it is repeated, the employee would be suspended.
Notably, the State Government in April this year had issued a circular to keep all its offices clean and allocate separate toilets to the public in general who visit offices in large numbers. Panchayat and Rural Development Department Additional Chief Secretary M K Raut had issued the circular to all the Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, divisional heads, divisional commissioners, district collectors and chief executive officers zilla panchayats in this regard.
The circular said that clean State Government offices will give a strong message to the citizens to keep the village surroundings clean and tidy. Most of the citizens spend a lot of their time at the offices and ease themselves at the office washrooms. There should be toilets at all State Government offices. Orders have issued to provide at least one washroom to visiting citizens on the premises.
Raut in his circular has stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called upon the people to keep villages, towns, public places, State Government offices and homes clean. A large number of State Government employees can help in ‘Swachchta’ (Cleanliness) campaign. The State Government employees can act as catalysts in villages and towns in sustaining the campaign of cleanliness.
The campaign should not be limited to just constructing toilets but to keep environment clean and pollution-free. The senior officers had been instructed to encourage officers and employees to take part in cleanliness drive in large numbers, the circular stated.