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Littering, spitting and other petty offences related to maintenance of cleanliness have landed 26,374 people with fines in the South Central Railway (SCR) during the first six months of the current financial year.
The SCR has netted Rs 52.66 lakhs from the offenders as penalty for these violations on its premises between April-September. A break up of offenders shows Vijayawada division (11,105), Secunderabad (6875), Guntakal (5452), Guntur (1894), Nanded (800) and Hyderabad (248).
During the month of September, a total of 6,192 persons were penalised and the SCR collected Rs 12 lakh as fines, said a release.
The Indian Railways (Penalties for Activities Affecting Cleanliness at Railway Premises) Rules, which came into effect from November, 2012, authorizes the Railway administration to penalize any person / passenger who is found either littering or spitting or urinating or defecating or pasting posters or dumping garbage at railway premises such as stations, trains etc., with a penalty up to Rs 500.
Will Narendra Modi’s `Swatch Bharat’ (Clean India) campaign launched on October 2 bring a change in these people is a moot question?
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