The East Coast Railway (ECoR), under its cleanliness and anti-spitting drive, fined 11,319 persons and collected an amount of Rs 7, 44,610 for flouting rules.
Spitting and littering entails now a fine of Rs 100 at ‘A1’ Class Stations like Bhubaneswar, Puri and Visakhapatnam, Rs 50 at ‘A’ Class Stations like Bhadrak, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Jajpur-Keonjhar Road, Khurda Road, Palasa, Rayagada, Srikakulam Road, Vizianagaram and Sambalpur and Rs 30 at rest of the stations under the ECoR.
Persons contravening the new rules on cleanliness are liable to be punished with a fine up to Rs 500. Under these notified rules, no person shall (i) throw or deposit litter in any occupied or unoccupied railway premises or the carriage except in authorised places; (ii) cook, bath, spit, urinate, defecate, feed animal or birds, repair or wash vehicles, washing utensils or clothes or any other objects or keep any type of storage in any railway premises except in such facilities or conveniences specifically provided for any of these purposes, (iii) paste or put up any poster or write or draw anything or matter in any compartment or carriage of the railway or any premises thereof, without any lawful authority and (iv) indulge in defacing railway property.