PANEL WANTS LAW TO PENALISE SPITTING, PEEING

New Delhi, Feb. 11: A parliamentary panel has recommended a law to penalise those found spitting, urinating and throwing garbage in public places, a move aimed at providing a “legal backing” to the government’s ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).

The panel has also advocated introducing a chapter on SBM programme in the school syllabus up to primary standard to cultivate cleanliness habits in students.

The committee’s report on subordinate legislation on rules/ regulations governing the implementation of SBM, a flagship programme of the Modi government, in urban and rural areas, was presented to Lok Sabha on Monday. The panel is of the firm opinion that merely bringing in behavioural change may not be enough.