Defecation in the open is completely banned in Chas (Bokaro); Section 133 of CrPC has been imposed in a bid to achieve open defecation-free (ODF) status under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA).
Section 133 of CrPC has been implemented in Chas, said Shyam Narain Ram SDO Chas. “It can be invoked to prevent all kinds of pollution and nuisance at the public place. If a person found causing nuisance, fails to comply with it then he (/she) would be prosecuted under section 188 of IPC”, added SDO.
“The guilty shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to six months”, said Ranjit Giri Advocate district court Bokaro.
Asserting that it is a constructive step towards making the city clean under Swachh Bharat mission Chas Mayor Bholu Paswan said, on the directive of Bokaro Deputy Commissioner Rai M P Ray, SDO Chas has been imposed section 133 in the city.
“We are on move and Chas soon to be turn up as a slum-free city. A detailed work plan is ready and we are planning to assume that by the end of 2022, he said. Transferring of fund for construction of toilets into the beneficiaries accounts are going on very fast, soon Chas will achieve ODF status”, added Mayor
We are providing homes under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana to the needy. Chas will soon get the facility of door-to-door garbage collection. The potable water problem will soon be eliminated shortly. Work for pipeline supply and deep borings are on war foot basis, he said.