{"id":249034,"date":"2024-09-22T00:12:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T18:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=249034"},"modified":"2024-09-22T00:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T18:42:40","slug":"imc-to-impose-fine-for-public-littering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/09\/22\/imc-to-impose-fine-for-public-littering\/","title":{"rendered":"IMC to impose fine for public littering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 21 Sep:<\/strong> Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Tamme Phassang during a mass cleanliness drive held in several wards here on Saturday informed that fines will be imposed on those who litter public spaces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We also urge business establishments and shopkeepers to maintain cleanliness around their premises, or face penalties,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mass cleanliness drive was an initiative as a part of the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign, which was conducted in Wards 4, 6, 12, 15, and 17. Similar drives will be conducted in other wards, leading up to 2 October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mayor emphasised the importance of public participation in maintaining a clean and green city. He noted that while &#8220;the IMC is actively organising cleanliness drives, fostering a sense of civic responsibility among residents is crucial to effectively combat the ongoing garbage crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the cleanliness drive in Ward 17, IMC Commissioner Techu Aran joined the efforts and encouraged citizens to embrace cleanliness as a daily practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;This noble work should extend beyond organised drives and become a part of our everyday lives,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The IMC&#8217;s commitment to a cleaner environment is clear, but it requires the cooperation and active participation of all citizens to achieve lasting change,&#8221; added Aran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 21 Sep: Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Tamme Phassang during a mass cleanliness drive held in several wards here on Saturday informed that fines will be imposed on those who litter public spaces. &#8220;We also urge business establishments and shopkeepers to maintain cleanliness around their premises, or face penalties,&#8221; he added. The mass cleanliness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}