New Delhi, July 06: The next time you carelessly toss a food-wrapper on the street or dump a heap of garbage on the roadside, you might be pulled into a mobile court and slapped a challan that could range anywhere between Rs 50 to Rs 5000. To spruce up the capital and to impart it a cleaner look, Delhi government has employed 21 magistrates to enforce anti-liter laws across the Capital and instill civic sense among the denizens.

For years it has been illegal to spit on the sidewalks or dump garbage on the street but citizens always considered it the duty of municipal cleaners to clean the trash and mess created by them. But not anymore when you have a pair of eyes peeping out from behind a tree all set to nab you.

Under orders from the Supreme Court, Delhi government has decided to position 21 magistrates in mobile vans equipped with makeshift furniture to nab the offenders.
Magistrates accompanied by health and sanitation inspectors have been given the authority to levy a penalty of Rs 50 to a first-time offender and a hefty fine of Rs 5000 if the offender is a repeater.

Encouraged by the initial success of the drive, MCD spokesman said "200 cases were registered in the first four days. To drive home a point in India you need to use the stick. So we decided to levy a fine on the offenders."

"This move comes after the normal process of issuing challans to the offenders by the health inspectors failed to yield result," Arya Vir, a magistrate appointed to conduct regular checks in the Central Zone, said

Bureau Report