The South Central Railway has collected a total of Rs. 19.8 lakhs from as many as 9,720 people during the anti-littering checks organised in the month of May, 2013.
According to the SCR, the Indian Railways (Penalties for Activities Affecting Cleanliness at Railway Premises) Rules - which came into effect from November, 2012 - authorizes the railway administration to penalize any person / passenger who is found either littering, spitting, urinating, defecating, pasting posters or dumping garbage on railway premises. The penalty amount can go up to Rs 500.
These provisions are being vigorously implemented in all the six divisions of SCR by the station masters, the ticket collectors, and other railway officials who are authorized to detect and penalize such offenders.
During the month of May 2013, 9720 people (2580 people in Secunderabad division, 2340 in Vijayawada division, 1557 in Guntakal division, 1325 in Hyderabad division, 1247 in Nanded division and 671 in Guntur division) were detected and penalized for violating the guidelines on maintaining cleanliness in railway premises. (INN)