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.
