During a cleanliness and anti-spitting drive, the East Coast Railways (ECoR) authorities have fined 10,372 persons with Rs 6, 82,060 for spitting and littering on railway premises.
Spitting and littering entails now a fine of Rs 100 at A1 class stations like Bhubaneswar, Puri and Visakhapatnam, Rs 50 at A class 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 jurisdiction.
In the new rule 2012 of the Indian Railways on prohibition of activities affecting cleanliness and hygiene on the railway premises, persons contravening rules will be to be punished with a fine up to Rs 500.