GMC notice to Ranipool resident for discharging sewage into open drain

<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">GANGTOK,:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif"> The Gangtok Municipal Corporation has decided to issue a written notice to a Ranipool resident for allegedly discharging sewage directly into an open drain, officials said on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">During a clean-up drive in Ranipool as part of the ongoing ‘War on Waste’ (WOW) campaign, municipal authorities detected a sewerage pipe from a residential property flowing into an open drain. The house owner was summoned to address the issue but allegedly refused to acknowledge any wrongdoing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">Officials said the resident, a retired government official, had earlier been verbally notified multiple times to repair the sewer line but failed to comply. Following continued non-compliance, the civic body decided to issue a formal written notice and impose a penalty as per municipal norms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">Assistant municipal commissioner Meena Pradhan said a general diary had been lodged against the resident at Ranipool Police Station on February 11.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">“We will now send a written notice to the house owner,” Pradhan said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">The fine for discharging sewerage into an open drain amounts to Rs. 10,500, officials informed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">The corporation has been conducting intensive Information, Education and Communication (IEC) programmes along with deep-cleaning drives across all 19 wards under its jurisdiction. It has also been penalising violators for non-segregation of waste and for dumping garbage on footpaths and in jhoras, they added.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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