The Gwalior Municipal Corporation is offering rewards and monetary benefits to corporation officials to catch people who defecate in the open. The Corporation has told its team that those who fine the maximum number of people defecating in the open will be rewarded with certificates and cash.
This step has been taken in view of the arrival of the inspection team formed by the Central Government. The team is expected to arrive in the city on December 29 to assess the ODF (Open Defecation Free) situation.
It is to be noted here that last year Gwalior was ranked first among the Open Defecation Free cities. The Municipal Corporation is under pressure to repeat this show and hence this extraordinary step. The staff of the Corporation is on the roads from early morning till late in the night to see that the city is kept spotlessly clean for the inspection team.
The Central team is supposed to arrive on December 29, and the inspection of all nooks and corners of the city will go on till the evening of the next day.
Talking to media, Satyapal Singh Chauhan, the Health officer of the Corporation said that the official who fines the most number of people defecating in the open will be rewarded. He added that the Corporation is taking many more steps to keep the city clean and spotless for the inspection team. He expressed confidence that this time too Gwalior will get the first rank for the cleanest city.