Its gonna cost u less to dirty ur city now
Yes u r right now its gona cost u less when it cometo dirtying mumbai city because the fine amount determined for offences such as littering Mumbai’s roads or defecating, urinating, bathing or spitting on them has been brought down from Rs 500/- to Rs 100/-. The decision follows last month’s public hearing where citizens’ groups pointed out that the punishment could not be implemented simply because a large majority of the people who indulged in such activities would not be able to pay up. In a way this is a good decision if ther are enough people to do the policing job but other wise its just another trial and totally gone waste efforts. Its high time we realise tht our city need a little bit of of attention when it comes to the cleanliness department. I wish there could in many Rani Mukhajees of KANK ( a cleanliness freak) in real life that too in Mumbai :)
I somehow tend to agree with the move.
The reason being….that we in Bombay do not have the mechanism to go after the fine defaulters.
Whats the point of issuing a 500 Rs fine, where there is no hope of someone paying it or someone going after them to collect it.
I would say, that something should be done where it “hurts” instantly.
Many a times the cops would make a bicyclist park his cycle, lock it and keep the keys if they found a defaulting bicyclist. Then the person has to go and pay the fine and get the keys.
Something on those terms will work for Bombay