Rajasthan High Court Expresses Dissatisfaction Over City Cleanliness; Suggests Fines for Improper Disposal

The Rajasthan High Court expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Jaipur City Municipal Corporation’s failure to maintain city cleanliness, suggesting that fines be imposed on citizens who fail to ensure proper garbage disposal in their areas.

A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Shubha Mehta was hearing a petition alleging that despite recruiting 8,000 sanitation workers, very few are performing ground-level cleaning.

The Court directed the Corporation to provide ward-wise details of workers actually engaged in cleaning versus those assigned to office duties. 

The Court further ordered the installation of large dumping boxes with a strict daily cleaning schedule.

[Vimal Choudhary v. State of Rajasthan]