PUNE: Less than a week after an anti-spitting drive was started by the Bibvewadi ward office, the Pune Municipal Corporation 's (PMC) solid waste management department has decided to replicate it across all 15 wards in the city.Under the drive - which began on November 3 - anyone found spitting in areas under its jurisdiction are not only being charged a fine but also be made to clean up evidence of their expectoration from roads, footpaths, medians, walls, etc.Impressed with the aim of the Bibvewadi drive, head of the department, Dnyaneshwar Molak, on Wednesday instructed all his sanitary inspectors to keep vigil at every major chowk and junction in the city and impose a fine of Rs 100 of people found spitting. They will also be asked to clean up their act and this will be captured via videos and photographs.Speaking to Mirror, Avinash Sakpal, assistant commissioner of the Bibvewadi ward, who first initiated this drive, said, "We are happy that our model is being executed all over the city and hope this will help to maintain the city's clean and hygiene. Also, we hope it will instil discipline among errant citizens.""Initially, we ask them to pay a fine of Rs 100. If they fail to do so, then we compel them to clean the dirt. We provide mops and water," he added.

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