Crack down on littering,defacement: HC to UT

During June and July,the Chandigarh Police and health authorities issued 217 challans to people for throwing garbage and littering. The police registered 32 cases against various individuals on account of defacing public property. Of the 32 cases,the court convicted people in 15 cases. This information was furnished to the Punjab and Haryana High Court by the Chandigarh Administration on Thursday during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL).

The PIL arises of a suo motu notice taken by Justice Rajesh Bindal over the menace of throwing garbage at public places and defacement of public property. During the resumed hearing of the PIL,a division bench asked counsel for Chandigarh Administration,Punjab and Haryana to take strict action against those defacing public property and impose heavy penalty on the offenders.