West Bengal chief minister Mamata Benerjee is no longer going to put up with paan and gutka stains on her favorite colors blue and white. The officials are resurrecting an eight year old law that imposes a fine of 200 rupees on spitters. But considering how upset the CM is, the penalty may be even steeper, say sources. The mayor and commissioner of police have already met to decide the quantum of fine that would act as a deterrent.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Kalkata are hooked on chewing-tobacco products and the Change oriented government is finding ti too hard to change old habits. What was ignored for years as a nuisance gave the city a scare a couple of years ago when it was revealed that betel juice and gutaka spit was corroding Howrah Bridge. Now, the spit-brigade is spoiling Mamata’s multibillion moves to turn Kalkata into a ‘blue city’.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Kalkata are hooked on chewing-tobacco products and the Change oriented government is finding ti too hard to change old habits. What was ignored for years as a nuisance gave the city a scare a couple of years ago when it was revealed that betel juice and gutaka spit was corroding Howrah Bridge. Now, the spit-brigade is spoiling Mamata’s multibillion moves to turn Kalkata into a ‘blue city’.
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