U.P. government has planned to impose fines on people making the environment unclean.

[Edited By: Vijay]

Wednesday, 3rd February , 2021 06:13 pm

In an attempt to make Uttar Pradesh clean on lines of Singapore, the government has planned to impose fines on people making the environment unclean.

For this purpose, the state government has proposed to bring in Uttar Pradesh solid waste (Management, functioning and cleaning) guidelines 2021 and passed them in the cabinet.

The urban development department of the government has sought suggestions in this regard, according to a report to media.

Under the proposed legislation, people who were caught spitting or littering on road from moving cars will face a fine of Rs 1,000.

The government said it launched various schemes for clean up of urban areas like keeping garbage bins to dump dry and wet waste.

Similarly, door-to-door facilities have also been provided to collect garbage.

Cleaning after mass gathering

The government said that organisers of a gathering of more than 100 people are required to get the place clean or face hefty fines. The fine will be collected based on the size of the place, amount of garbage.

Fine on vendors for throwing garbage

The proposed legislation is also expected to impose fines on vendors for dumping garbage on the road. They are required to keep boxes for disposing of waste and hand it over to municipal waste collection vehicle.

               

In view of deteriorating air quality in various parts of the state, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Yogi also directed officials to encourage electric vehicle production in the state.

Quoting a state government spokesman, a report in News18 said the government proposes to set up a 'centre of excellence' in the future for research, development, testing and certification to help the electric vehicles industry.

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