Littering On Road
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Bengaluru launches 'Garbage Dumping Festival': Know about unique drive to shame litterbugs
Trending | Oct 31, 2025, 12:35 PM ISTThe initiative aims to raise awareness about proper waste management and to discourage citizens from dumping waste irresponsibly. Despite repeated public education drives and door-to-door instructions on waste segregation, many residents continue to throw garbage on roads, footpaths and empty plots.
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UP: Spitting in public to attract Rs 250 fine as Varanasi cracks down on littering
Uttar Pradesh | Oct 30, 2025, 01:32 PM ISTTransporting garbage in uncovered vehicles or damaging municipal bins and vehicles carries a Rs 2,000 fine. The highest penalty of Rs 5,000 will be imposed on anyone creating water stagnation or unsanitary conditions that endanger public health.
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Those found littering on roads, urinating in public will be punished: Tripura CM Biplab Deb
India | Jul 01, 2019, 06:46 PM IST"People dump garbage and poly bags in the open, clogging drains and the sewerage system. Some even urinate in public and spit on roads. We need to raise awareness to stop this menace," the chief minister said while inaugurating a workshop on 'Solid Waste and Liquid Resource Management' here.
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#SwachhBharat: Taste of your own medicine?
India | Nov 12, 2014, 06:02 PM ISTIn India even affluent people don't give two hoots about cleanliness, they would look down at slums and blame them for the ubiquitous filth in the country. Each time we discuss cleanliness they start drawing parallels