Thursday, 01 October 2009 by Rahul

PUNE: On the second day of its drive against spitting in public places, the Pune Municipal Corporation's ward offices collected fines worth Rs
11,870 from offenders.

The PMC has launched a drive against those spitting in public places by charging a fine of Rs 1,000, following orders by municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade recently that action needs to be taken to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus.

On Tuesday, fine of about Rs 7,000 was collected by the different ward offices even as they faced resistance from citizens.

The Bhavani Peth ward office registered 113 cases and collected Rs 3,320 as fine, while Dhole Patil road ward office collected Rs 2,550 as fine. The Dhankawdi ward office collected Rs 6,000 from six offenders.

Meanwhile, the Octroi department seized 52 kg of silver and silver ornaments during the month of September in different cases where dealers evaded Octroi on the goods. Approximately, Rs 73,524 was collected as fine in all the cases.

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