Mangalore, Dec 11: The huge set ups in Mangalore, which have had the habit of dumping their wastes at places as per their convenience will now have to be a little more careful because if caught by the MCC, they can be made to pay penalty for the same.
According to the Karnataka Municipal Corporation (amendment) Act, 2013, the Corporation has the right to impose penalty against illegal dumping of waste in city limits.
“We have started imposing penalty against illegal dumping of waste in city limits. Through new amendments in municipal corporations Yenepoya Hospital, Mangalore nursing home, Mangala Kidney foundation, Aravind Motors and Santhati has been fined Rs 500 each for violating laws,” said MCC Commissioner Ajith Kumar Hedge adding that of the violators only Aravind motors and Mangala Kidney foundation had paid the penalty.
He said that even littering, spitting, urinating, defecting in open or committing other acts of nuisance in any public will be fined Rs 100. Even the domestic occupier and any bulk waste generator violating laws and disposing waste at any public place will be imposed fine between Rs 100 to Rs 500. With this every bus stand and public place can be maintained well, said Ajith Kumar Hegde.
Irregular deposit of waste, allowing filth to flow on streets, depositing carcasses of animals, dumping of building debris irregularly and failure in segregate industrial waste or hazardous waste by any industry or hospital will also be fined, he briefed.
Transparency in waste management
Ajith Kumar Hegde said that the MCC is maintaining transparency in waste management. All 32 waste collecting vehicles of the MCC are being monitored by installing global positioning system. The city is generating above 250 tons of waste and we are planning for 'dust bin free city,” he said.
We are also having additional income through Bantwal and Moodbidre urban local bodies. Wastes from these cities are being dumped in the MCC yard and they are charged Rs 250 per ton. Even a weigh bridge is built at the yard, he added.
Now public can access their waste collectors easily. Since the MCC had divided its ward in three zones and given the contract, the contractor can be contacted by public and complaints can be lodged easily, he said.
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