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Guntur Commissioner Orders Citywide Garbage Cleanup Within 15 Days
Guntur officials want the city to be cleaner within the next 15 days.
The municipal commissioner told sanitation workers to remove visible garbage spots.
Officials will look for people who throw waste on roads.
People who dump garbage may face cases and fines.
Street vendors must also keep their business waste off the roads.
The city is running special cleaning activities under the “Swachhata Hi Seva” programme.
Teams will inspect places that make or use single-use plastic.
These inspections are meant to help enforce the city’s plastic ban.
Guntur Municipal Corporation Commissioner K Mayur Ashok ordered officials to eliminate visible garbage points across the city within 15 days.
Sanitary inspectors were told to identify people dumping waste on roads, register cases, and impose fines.
Officials must monitor street vendors and take action against those who discard business waste on roads.
Special sanitation programmes are being conducted under the “Swachhata Hi Seva” programme.
Task force teams will conduct surprise inspections at single-use plastic manufacturing units and commercial establishments to enforce the plastic ban.
- Who
- Guntur Municipal Corporation Commissioner K Mayur Ashok, sanitary inspectors, task force teams, and other municipal officials.
- What
- Officials were directed to remove visible garbage points, penalize roadside dumping, monitor vendors, and enforce the single-use plastic ban.
- Where
- Across Guntur city, including roads, street-vendor areas, manufacturing units, and commercial establishments.
- When
- The directions were issued at a review meeting on Friday, with the garbage-cleanup target set for the next 15 days.
- Why
- To improve sanitation under the “Swachhata Hi Seva” programme and effectively implement the plastic ban.
Key facts
- City
- Guntur
- Civic body
- Guntur Municipal Corporation
- Commissioner
- K Mayur Ashok
- Cleanup deadline
- Within 15 days
- Waste enforcement
- Cases and fines for roadside dumping
- Plastic enforcement
- Surprise inspections at single-use plastic manufacturing units and commercial establishments
- Programme
- Swachhata Hi Seva
Sources
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