CLEANING ACT
Rlys imposes 500 fine for spitting on platforms
Manthan K Mehta TNN
Mumbai: The railways has decided to levy fines of up to Rs 500 on those who spit on platforms or litter or deface walls on railway premises. The railway ministry has empowered station masters/ managers and ticket collectors to collect the amounts.
The ministry has issued a notification of rules on the prohibition of activities affecting cleanliness and hygiene on railway premises. The notification—brought out on November 26—also specifies penalties for violating the rules. According to it, no person shall in any occupied or unoccupied railway premises or carriages (except in authorized places): throw or deposit litter; cook, bathe, spit, urinate or defecate; feed
animals or birds; repair or wash vehicles; wash utensils or clothes or any other objects; store personal objects; paste posters on walls; deface walls or train compartments. By authorized places, the railways means lavatories, waste baskets and locker rooms.
The railway ministry has asked authorized vendors and hawkers to arrange for containers for waste collection and to ensure their disposal.
“Till now, Indian Railways did not have specific rules on civic sense, and offenders were booked under provisions of the Railways Act,” said a senior railway officer. “But by notifying cleanliness and sanitation rules, the railways has made station masters and ticket collectors responsible for maintaining cleanliness at stations and on trains.”
Source:
Times of India, Mumbai
18/12/2012
Rlys imposes 500 fine for spitting on platforms
Manthan K Mehta TNN
Mumbai: The railways has decided to levy fines of up to Rs 500 on those who spit on platforms or litter or deface walls on railway premises. The railway ministry has empowered station masters/ managers and ticket collectors to collect the amounts.
The ministry has issued a notification of rules on the prohibition of activities affecting cleanliness and hygiene on railway premises. The notification—brought out on November 26—also specifies penalties for violating the rules. According to it, no person shall in any occupied or unoccupied railway premises or carriages (except in authorized places): throw or deposit litter; cook, bathe, spit, urinate or defecate; feed
animals or birds; repair or wash vehicles; wash utensils or clothes or any other objects; store personal objects; paste posters on walls; deface walls or train compartments. By authorized places, the railways means lavatories, waste baskets and locker rooms.
The railway ministry has asked authorized vendors and hawkers to arrange for containers for waste collection and to ensure their disposal.
“Till now, Indian Railways did not have specific rules on civic sense, and offenders were booked under provisions of the Railways Act,” said a senior railway officer. “But by notifying cleanliness and sanitation rules, the railways has made station masters and ticket collectors responsible for maintaining cleanliness at stations and on trains.”
Source:
Times of India, Mumbai
18/12/2012
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