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Rs. 1,000 ($20) fine for spitting in Pune

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

Retired 2020
Rs. 1,000 fine for spitting in Pune

Staff Reporter

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), effective Saturday, imposed a Rs. 1,000 fine from Saturday for spitting in public places, to contain the spread of swine flu.
Presently, the fine was only Rs. 25. Speaking to The Hindu, PMC spokesman Sanjay More said Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade had used the special powers vested in him by the Urban Development Department of the State government under Section 319 of the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949.

The step also falls within the purview of the Defacement of Public Property Act, 1995. He added that the step was taken because the swine flu virus remained alive in sputum for eight to nine hours. ?The measure would remain in place till the swine flu pandemic is eradicated from Pune,? he said.

Detection squads

?But with or without swine flu, spitting in public is a bad habit.? Nuisance detection squads in every ward office would take action against the offenders. These squads consist of ward officers, zonal commissioners, and divisional sanitary inspectors.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/27/stories/2009092761281000.htm
 
Re: Rs. 1,000 ($20) fine for spitting in Pune

Spitting: PMC collects Rs 11,870 in fines
TNN 1 October 2009, 01:36am IST


PUNE: On the second day of its drive against spitting in public places, the Pune Municipal Corporation's ward offices collected fines worth Rs
11,870 from offenders.

The PMC has launched a drive against those spitting in public places by charging a fine of Rs 1,000, following orders by municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade recently that action needs to be taken to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus.

On Tuesday, fine of about Rs 7,000 was collected by the different ward offices even as they faced resistance from citizens.

The Bhavani Peth ward office registered 113 cases and collected Rs 3,320 as fine, while Dhole Patil road ward office collected Rs 2,550 as fine. The Dhankawdi ward office collected Rs 6,000 from six offenders.

Meanwhile, the Octroi department seized 52 kg of silver and silver ornaments during the month of September in different cases where dealers evaded Octroi on the goods. Approximately, Rs 73,524 was collected as fine in all the cases.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...cts-Rs-11870-in-fines/articleshow/5073904.cms
 
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