Clean up after your pets or pay the fine
Pet owners who fail to clean up after their pets may now be penalised if the city corporation’s draft solid waste management by-laws, 2016, is given the go-ahead.
Published: 19th June 2018 10:32 PM |
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By Express News Service
CHENNAI: Pet owners who fail to clean up after their pets may now be penalised if the city corporation’s draft solid waste management by-laws, 2016, is given the go-ahead. The draft, which lists out duties of both waste generators and of Chennai corporation, states, “It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any pet animal to promptly scoop/clean up any litter created by pet animals on the street or any public place, and take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such waste possibly by their own sewage system. Failure to do so will attract fines as per the Schedule of Fines.”
The fine proposed for the said violation is `100, alongside street vendors who do not keep garbage containers and defacement of public places inclusive of littering/urinating/open defecation/spitting, all attracting a fine of `100. However, event managers who violate the by-laws may not have it easy, standing to pay up to `25,000 for violations.
The draft specifies that the organiser of an event or gathering of over 100 persons should ensure the source segregation of waste which should later be handed over to waste collectors or agencies specified by the local body. The civic body also seems keen on tightening its grip on waste segregation that finds mention throughout the draft.
It states, “All resident welfare and market associations shall, within one year from the date of notification of these rules and in partnership with the local body ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators as prescribed in these rules...” The draft has also proposed a user fee ranging from `10 to `50 for residential premises and `25 to `500 for commercial premises.
A senior corporation official said that the draft would be open to public suggestions for 30 days following which the suggestions would be analysed and the final draft would be pu blished.
Pet owners who fail to clean up after their pets may now be penalised if the city corporation’s draft solid waste management by-laws, 2016, is given the go-ahead.
Published: 19th June 2018 10:32 PM |
Photo for representation
By Express News Service
CHENNAI: Pet owners who fail to clean up after their pets may now be penalised if the city corporation’s draft solid waste management by-laws, 2016, is given the go-ahead. The draft, which lists out duties of both waste generators and of Chennai corporation, states, “It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any pet animal to promptly scoop/clean up any litter created by pet animals on the street or any public place, and take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such waste possibly by their own sewage system. Failure to do so will attract fines as per the Schedule of Fines.”
The fine proposed for the said violation is `100, alongside street vendors who do not keep garbage containers and defacement of public places inclusive of littering/urinating/open defecation/spitting, all attracting a fine of `100. However, event managers who violate the by-laws may not have it easy, standing to pay up to `25,000 for violations.
The draft specifies that the organiser of an event or gathering of over 100 persons should ensure the source segregation of waste which should later be handed over to waste collectors or agencies specified by the local body. The civic body also seems keen on tightening its grip on waste segregation that finds mention throughout the draft.
It states, “All resident welfare and market associations shall, within one year from the date of notification of these rules and in partnership with the local body ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators as prescribed in these rules...” The draft has also proposed a user fee ranging from `10 to `50 for residential premises and `25 to `500 for commercial premises.
A senior corporation official said that the draft would be open to public suggestions for 30 days following which the suggestions would be analysed and the final draft would be pu blished.
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