Clean Imphal exercise ready for take off, bye law out
IMC moots fine for defaulters
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 08 2012: Coupled with publication of the Imphal Municipal Council Bye-Law (Cleanliness and Sanitation) 2011 in the State Gazette, the IMC has decided to impose fine against people who violate the bye-law by littering and disposing waste materials and garbage at unsuitable places within Imphal Municipal area.

Speaking to media persons at GM Hall here this morning, IMC Chairman N Raghumani lamented that the 'zero garbage' campaign was not effective enough on account of lack of understanding on the part of the people.

Nevertheless, IMC has made necessary preparations to introduce a new modality in order to enforce the bye-law strictly with the help of police so that Imphal city and the adjoining areas remain neat and clean.

MAHUD Director N Geetkumar who was also present at the press meet said that the Imphal Municipal Council Bye-Law (Cleanliness and Sanitation) 2011 was prepared since 2008 .

As the bye-law has been enforced since April 4, there is a need to alter the modality of zero garbage campaign being implemented in and around Imphal city, Geetkumar said.

File pic of garbage piled up in Imphal

In accordance with the new modality, four IMC vehicles fitted with bells would pick up waste materials and garbage from Paona Keithel and Thangal Keithel every morning and evening with effect from April 9 .

Each shop should keep two dust bins, including one of green colour.

Waste materials which can be used as manure after decaying should be put in the green dust bin.

Other wastes which are non-perishable should be kept in the other dust bin, explained the MAHUD Director.

Shopkeepers should put both the dust bins in the IMC's pick-up vehicles when they come for their daily rounds.

The new modality would be implemented first in Thangal Keithel and Paona Keithel for one month on trial basis.

If it proves effective, the same modality would be implemented in other areas under jurisdiction of IMC, he stated.

He also appealed to all the citizens to inform IMC through www.facebook.com/imc/zerogarbage/ if they come across garbage and waste materials piled in any part of Imphal city.

He assured that the same piles of waste materials would be removed within 24 hours of receiving information.

Under the bye-law, any one found littering or disposing waste materials, at unsuitable places would be pulled up with the help of police and penalised by imposing fine.

Similar punishment would be imposed against people found urinating, bathing, feeding cattle, washing vehicles or doing laundry or defecating at improper places.

DSP (Traffic) Victoria said that Traffic Police would extend all possible assistance to enforce the bye-law in letter and spirit.

City police station OC RK Tejbir maintained that police have been cooperating in all efforts to keep Imphal city neat and clean.

There were cases when people who disposed off and littered around waste materials at unsuitable places were pulled up and produced before Courts.

Tejbir confided that they (police) endured immense pressure from different directions seeking release of the people who were pulled up for disposing off waste materials and garbage at unsuitable places.

Nevertheless, he exuded that police can undertake the campaign to keep Imphal city neat and clean more effectively this time as the Imphal Municipal Council Bye-Law (Cleanliness and Sanitation) 2011 has been brought into force.