Corp rakes in over G1 lakh as waste dumping fine

Thiruvananthapuram | Wednesday | 26th June, 2019

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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Tuesday, the special squad of the city Corporation caught Sunil Kumar, who resides on the city’s outskirts, dumping waste near Manmohan Bungalow in Vellayambalam. The fine was collected from people caught discarding waste in public spaces, water bodies, drainage and other open locations. Showing blatant disregard for the measures being taken by the Corporation, incidents of waste dumping in public spaces are showing an upward trend. “We have two squads working at night to ensure people do not get away with dumping waste in public spaces. Ironically, he was dumping waste collected from the Secretariat..