Mysuru: The callous and careless dumping of garbage in public places will hopefully be a thing of the past as the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to crack the whip by imposing hefty fines on the public.

As part of the Swachh Survekshan, the MCC, trying to regain the top spot in the country for cleanliness is taking measures to keep the city spotlessly clean. Citing the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, the MCC has directed the citizens to cooperate by dumping garbage in the places earmarked for it. If they violate the rules then they will have to pay fines for the first time offence and if they violate it again they have to pay double the fine amount.

If people spit, urinate, defecate or dump the waste on public roads, bus stands, railway stations, playgrounds, parks and other public places, the fine for the first time would be Rs.100 and it will increase to Rs.200 if it is repeated.

Residents who do not segregate wet and dry waste at source, will have to pay a fine of Rs. 100 for the first time and a whopping Rs. 500 for repeated offence, while the commercial establishments will have to pay Rs. 500 for the first time and Rs. 1,000 if they repeat it.

The pourakarmikas entrusted with the task of collecting garbage from homes will be given the responsibility of informing their superiors about such failures. If one fails to follow the directions of the Corporation to keep the public spaces and surroundings clean, they have to pay a fine of Rs.100 for the first time and Rs.200 for repeated offence.

If the public fail to segregate garden waste, rotting waste, medical waste and poisonous waste at the source itself for the pourakarmikas to carry easily, then they have to pay a fine of Rs. 500 and repeat offenders have to pay Rs.1,000.

If the building owners dump the construction waste in unauthorised places then they have to pay Rs.1000 as fine for the first offence and Rs.5,000 for repeated offence, according to a release from the Commissioner, Mysuru City Corporation.