Cash for tipping illegal waste throwers in Munnar in Kerala

Express News Service

IDUKKI: In Idukki’s Munnar, garbage would fetch people first charge bucks. The panchayat authorities have offer you a stunning present — cash prizes for people who tip off illegal waste dumping. The switch is part of efforts to spice up public participation in waste administration programmes.

Munnar panchayat secretary Ok N Sahajan has offered Rs 3,000 as a cash prize to trace the one which had dumped unsegregated waste in Ikka Nagar on Monday.

“Despite extensive measures to collect waste from the town and process them scientifically, miscreants continue to dump unsegregated waste in some pockets of the hill town. To trace such violators and discourage them from doing it, we decided to reward those who tip off illegal dumping,” Sahajan acknowledged. Offenders will most likely be levied from Rs 2,000 to Rs 50,000 counting on the seriousness of their offence.

Earlier, after they’d been educated by the native residents, the panchayat had slapped an incredible of Rs 2,000 on a gaggle of vacationers from Tamil Nadu, who dumped meals waste near the freeway. The panchayat has been implementing the “Green Munnar, Clean Munnar” drive inside the hill metropolis to create consciousness about robust waste administration and scientific disposal of waste.

“We want to safeguard the beauty of Munnar. An awareness campaign is being conducted on how to use reusable containers in public events. The panchayat is also providing the containers at a low cost. Besides, we have a door-to-door collection facility, where Haritha Karma Sena workers will collect segregated waste daily for which a fee of Rs 50 is charged from each household on a monthly basis,” Sahajan acknowledged.

Apart from placing in a inexperienced checkpost in Old Munnar to assemble waste from vacationers moving into the hill metropolis, the native physique has moreover usual a WhatsApp group named ‘Anti-Litter Volunteers Munnar’, incorporating native residents, taxi and tour bus drivers and vacationer guides. From the details shared by this group, violators will most likely be traced.

IDUKKI: In Idukki’s Munnar, garbage would fetch people first charge bucks. The panchayat authorities have offer you a stunning present — cash prizes for people who tip off illegal waste dumping. The switch is part of efforts to spice up public participation in waste administration programmes.

Munnar panchayat secretary Ok N Sahajan has offered Rs 3,000 as a cash prize to trace the one which had dumped unsegregated waste in Ikka Nagar on Monday.

“Despite extensive measures to collect waste from the town and process them scientifically, miscreants continue to dump unsegregated waste in some pockets of the hill town. To trace such violators and discourage them from doing it, we decided to reward those who tip off illegal dumping,” Sahajan acknowledged. Offenders will most likely be levied from Rs 2,000 to Rs 50,000 counting on the seriousness of their offence.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Earlier, after they’d been educated by the native residents, the panchayat had slapped an incredible of Rs 2,000 on a gaggle of vacationers from Tamil Nadu, who dumped meals waste near the freeway. The panchayat has been implementing the “Green Munnar, Clean Munnar” drive inside the hill metropolis to create consciousness about robust waste administration and scientific disposal of waste.

“We want to safeguard the beauty of Munnar. An awareness campaign is being conducted on how to use reusable containers in public events. The panchayat is also providing the containers at a low cost. Besides, we have a door-to-door collection facility, where Haritha Karma Sena workers will collect segregated waste daily for which a fee of Rs 50 is charged from each household on a monthly basis,” Sahajan acknowledged.

Apart from placing in a inexperienced checkpost in Old Munnar to assemble waste from vacationers moving into the hill metropolis, the native physique has moreover usual a WhatsApp group named ‘Anti-Litter Volunteers Munnar’, incorporating native residents, taxi and tour bus drivers and vacationer guides. From the details shared by this group, violators will most likely be traced.