Bengal minister Agnimitra Paul announces hefty fine for leaving construction materials on road for building house

Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) West Bengal Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Agnimitra Paul on Sunday made it clear that if anyone leaves construction materials on the road while building a house then he or she will have to pay a fine this time.

The Minister told that this new system will be implemented in the state from September 1.

On Sunday, Minister Paul was present at several programmes of Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC). There, facing the media, she said, “Building a house and leaving stones, sand, bricks on the road, this will not happen. We will charge a fine. When you are building a house, keep all these things inside. The road is not your own property.”

Minister Paul also said that if someone buys vacant land, the person concerned will have to take the responsibility of cleaning it.

According to the Minister, “Sometimes a person will build a house after 30 years after buying a land. Till then there will be bushes, drains, ponds on that land. That will not happen anymore. Just as it is your responsibility to clean the house, the area in front of the house or the garden, it is also your responsibility to keep the vacant land clean. It will not happen that the people of the house will suffer from dengue because of your vacant land.”

Recently, Agnimitra Paul also gave a strong message about illegal parking.

She said that cars can be parked in the designated parking spaces.

She also added that the state government is bringing a new app for parking in and around Kolkata.

She said that if anyone parks a car or bike on the footpath, then that person will have to pay a hefty fine.

The Minister reminded this again on Sunday.

Giving a message about freeing the footpath, Minister Paul said, “I have told all the hawkers who are occupying the entire area of the footpath, you should step back. Give people space to move on the footpath.”

According to the announcement made by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, Minister Paul assured that hawkers will not be evicted anywhere until Durga Puja.

–IANS

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