KOLKATA: Now get in a position for paying a hefty nice for allowing stagnant water or accumulation of garbage which might assist making a beneficial environment for outbreak of dreaded dengue. From July 1 onwards, the KMC will be capable to take at the offenders armed with a recent amendment of civic body’s act which permits the civic body to levy a hefty penalty up to Rs 1 lakh at the offenders.
According to regulations, the KMC health department will have to transfer the municipal courtroom against the offenders with an enchantment to levy the utmost penalty. A crack group has been formed with officers from the KMC health and conservancy departments to adopt an anti-dengue power across the city, particularly in the dengue-prone spaces.
“From our revel in of an anti-dengue power remaining year, we known some spaces which had develop into breeding flooring for dengue mosquitos. While we found breeding grounds in the residential spaces like Cossipore, Maniktala, Chittaranjan Avenue, M.G. Road, Bhowanipore, Behala, Golf Green, Tollygunge Jadavpur and spaces off E.M. Bypass, we additionally found massive selection of breeding grounds in the premises of state govt hospitals, central govt workplaces and commercial institutions. We lacked teeth as before amendment of the civic act, we had been allowed to impose a maximum nice of Rs 5000. Many of the large commercial establishment did not hesitate to pay the paltry nice,” said a KMC health department official.
Last year the civic authorities sought permission from the state municipal affairs department to allow them to building up the volume of penalty to show a lesson to the routine offenders who don’t pay heed to the civic body’s enchantment to not permit water to stagnate on their premises. The state govt placed the subject in the state assembly and a regulation was passed giving the KMC authorities to levy a nice of Rs 1 lakh at the errant families, govt establishments or commercial institutions.
However, the civic body’s health department suffered a setback because the subject was placed before the KMC legislation department for modifications. Though the KMC health department had deliberate to impose the nice from May, the similar could now not be carried out due to a prolong in gazette notification. After an preliminary hiccup, the KMC health and conservancy department officers are actually gearing up to raid workplaces (each govt and personal), commercial institutions which as part of a month-long power against dengue.
Atin Ghosh, member, mayor-in-council (health) and Debabrata Majumdar, member, mayor-in-council (conservancy) held a meeting on the civic headquarters to chalk out a plan for the civic power against dengue for subsequent one month. According to plans, the health department will discuss with spaces that have been indexed as dengue prone. If the health department group finds breeding grounds, the group members will give a 7 day understand duration to the landlord of any premises to good enough measures. If the civic group finds that the order has been violated, they may impose heavy nice on them. However, maximum attention will be paid on finding massive premises which may have been became a garbage dump or pool of stagnant water, said a KMC official.
According to regulations, the KMC health department will have to transfer the municipal courtroom against the offenders with an enchantment to levy the utmost penalty. A crack group has been formed with officers from the KMC health and conservancy departments to adopt an anti-dengue power across the city, particularly in the dengue-prone spaces.
“From our revel in of an anti-dengue power remaining year, we known some spaces which had develop into breeding flooring for dengue mosquitos. While we found breeding grounds in the residential spaces like Cossipore, Maniktala, Chittaranjan Avenue, M.G. Road, Bhowanipore, Behala, Golf Green, Tollygunge Jadavpur and spaces off E.M. Bypass, we additionally found massive selection of breeding grounds in the premises of state govt hospitals, central govt workplaces and commercial institutions. We lacked teeth as before amendment of the civic act, we had been allowed to impose a maximum nice of Rs 5000. Many of the large commercial establishment did not hesitate to pay the paltry nice,” said a KMC health department official.
Last year the civic authorities sought permission from the state municipal affairs department to allow them to building up the volume of penalty to show a lesson to the routine offenders who don’t pay heed to the civic body’s enchantment to not permit water to stagnate on their premises. The state govt placed the subject in the state assembly and a regulation was passed giving the KMC authorities to levy a nice of Rs 1 lakh at the errant families, govt establishments or commercial institutions.
However, the civic body’s health department suffered a setback because the subject was placed before the KMC legislation department for modifications. Though the KMC health department had deliberate to impose the nice from May, the similar could now not be carried out due to a prolong in gazette notification. After an preliminary hiccup, the KMC health and conservancy department officers are actually gearing up to raid workplaces (each govt and personal), commercial institutions which as part of a month-long power against dengue.
Atin Ghosh, member, mayor-in-council (health) and Debabrata Majumdar, member, mayor-in-council (conservancy) held a meeting on the civic headquarters to chalk out a plan for the civic power against dengue for subsequent one month. According to plans, the health department will discuss with spaces that have been indexed as dengue prone. If the health department group finds breeding grounds, the group members will give a 7 day understand duration to the landlord of any premises to good enough measures. If the civic group finds that the order has been violated, they may impose heavy nice on them. However, maximum attention will be paid on finding massive premises which may have been became a garbage dump or pool of stagnant water, said a KMC official.
Stagnant water at your place? Pay hefty fine
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