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Bhubaneswar: Residents of the Smart City, if you are one of those who dump your household wastes on the road, beware! The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have swung into action mode to act tough against litterbugs.
In a unique crackdown on the garbage throwers, the civic body officials today threw garbage back into the house of a person who reportedly dumped wastes in front of his under-construction building. The incident took place near Boitali temple in Old Town of Bhubaneswar.
According to sources, the owner of the under-construction building had piled up a huge heap of waste materials on the road. The civic body officials who were undertaking a cleanliness drive came across the wastes and taking note of the dirtiness at the spot, the BMC commissioner Premchand Chaudhary directed the workers to throw the garbage back into the house. Later, an earthmover was also engaged to expedite the work.
“The house owner has been dumping the construction materials on the road. We had been making announcements and directing him to not to dump the waste materials, but he was not paying heed. We seized the waste materials and will impose fine on him,” said the BMC commissioner.
“At least 10 truckloads of construction materials have been seized in the Old Town area during the drive today," he added.
The house owner Rabindranath Sahoo however, defended his move and said, “I was carrying out construction work and just put the wastes near the drain. The officials suddenly came in the morning and threw the wastes back into my house without even informing me because I would have immediately cleaned the area had I been given a chance."
“If I were a political leader or an influential person, the officials would not have done this,” he added.
Notably, the BMC today carried out the cleanliness drive in Old Town area under 'Mu Safaiwala' programme to remove waste littered on roads. Construction and demolition wastes lying on the roads were seized and fines were also imposed on the violators during the drive. Local residents also joined the cleanliness drive to clean their surroundings.
