Lucknow: The Lucknow Municipal Corporation will impose fines on the spot on residents and shopkeepers found dumping garbage on roads or in open spaces instead of handing it over to door-to-door waste collection vehicles.
The decision was announced during an awareness and public outreach campaign in Zone-8, where civic officials found instances of garbage being dumped along the G-20 Road-Cantonment route. Zonal officer Ashish Singh said some residents and shopkeepers along the G-20 Road-Cantt route were still dumping waste in the open despite collection vehicles being available, leading to accumulation of garbage on the roadside.
Officials said regular door-to-door collection has been arranged on the route and people have been asked to use the service. He said enforcement would follow against those continuing the practice. Officials said the campaign was aimed at improving compliance with the waste collection system as well as preventing littering at public places.
Zonal sanitary officer Jitendra Gandhi, other municipal officials, Lion Enviro workers and the IEC team participated in the drive.