The North and South Municipal Corporations have issued 224 challans in last three days for urinating and spitting at public places and collected Rs 33,000 as a fine.
The north Corporation has issued 194 challans and collected Rs 57,000 as fine while the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has issued 30 and collected Rs 7000 as a fine.
Civic agencies in the national Capital had announced a complete ban on spitting or urinating in public spaces and said anyone found violating the directive will be slapped with a fine of Rs 1,000. According to notification, the SDMC had said that the violators will be challaned on the spot and fine will be collected on the spot.
“In case the violator does not have money to pay the fine, then the municipal officer shall ensure to obtain the parentage of violators like proper address from the identity card (driving licence, adhar card, or any other identity document) being carried by him at that time,” it said, adding that in case violator does not have any identity card, his or her photo will be taken on mobile phone along with the parentage disclosed by him.
“Efforts will be made to ask the violator to make the amount on the spot in any mode. However, in case the violator refused to pay the fine, the concerned official will initiate the proceedings to recover the said amount as per section 455 of the ‘Delhi Municipal Corporation’ (DMC) act treating non-payment of fun was dues recoverable while discharging obligatory function upon the corporation of clause X of section 42 of the DMC Act, it added.