Karnataka Govt Official Chases Man On Bike, Makes Him Clean Garbage And Pay Fine For Littering
Ankita Nayak, Panchayat Development Officer of Neere village in Karnataka¡¯s Udupi district, is certainly leading by example. She asked a man to clean the garbage and pay a fine for trying to dump the garbage while on the road.
What happened?
The incident happened last week at around 9 am when Nayak was on her bike to work, a man threw garbage on the side of the road, and rode his bike away.The man threw the garbage at the Udupi-Karkala highway and in the area that comes under the reserved forest area of Jaddinangadi.
Little did he know that he wouldn't get away with it easily. Nayak chased the man on her vehicle for a few kilometers and managed to stop him.After getting off her vehicle, she called the bill collector Ganesh Nayak and told him to reach the spot where the garbage was thrown.
She made the man take a U-turn to the spot where he had thrown the cardboard pieces and other waste. She made him dispose the garbage at its rightful place and asked him to immediately pay a Rs 500 penalty. The bill collector issued the receipt for the same while the man paid the fine.
A PDO supervises and monitors the functioning of Gram Panchayats (GPs) and guides the elected representatives of Gram Panchayats in the process and procedures of decision making at the Gram Panchayat and its Standing Committee meetings as also assisting the BP Executive Officer in coordinating with GPs.
Reserved Forests and littering??
In Reserved Forests, all activities are prohibited unless permitted. Reserved Forest is notified under section 20 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 [Act 16 of 1927] or under the reservation provisions of the Forest acts of the State Governments.
At present, reserved forests and protected forests differ in one important way: Activities including hunting, grazing, etc. in reserved forests are banned unless specific orders are issued otherwise.
Further, Section 33 of Indian Forest Act, 1927 says that no person shall tease or molest any wild animal or litter the grounds of sanctuary.
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