The Hindu 15.07.2013
Shopkeepers told not to dump garbage on roads
Deputy Commissioner V.P. Ikkeri has instructed the Commissioner of City Municipal Council to impose fine on shopkeepers throwing garbage on roads.
Speaking after visiting the Santhe Maidan area here on Saturday, Mr. Ikkeri said that instead of throwing garbage on roads, shopkeepers could put it in the dustbins kept on the roadside or ask the municipal council to arrange for a garbage collection vehicle. “The officials should visit the market area at regular intervals and prevent shopkeepers from throwing garbage on roads. Impose fines on those who do not follow the norms,” he said.
Referring to complaints of stray cattle creating traffic snarls on major roads and disturbing vegetable vendors, he directed the officials to shift such cattle to ‘goshala’ and impose fine on their owners who came to claim them.
The authorities had given a green signal for the construction of a supermarket complex with better facilities for vegetable-sellers and other traders at a cost of Rs. 1 crore. In order to take up the work, the existing vegetable vendors would be temporarily shifted to the Union Park within a fortnight, where 125 sheds had been raised for them, he said.
He instructed the authorities to clean the market area twice a day and ensure that shopkeepers also maintained cleanliness.
Zilla panchayat chief executive officer K. Narayanaswamy was present.
