A Neere village PDO made a man clear the garbage he threw. (Canva photo)
Neere village PDO Ankita Nayak made a man pick up the garbage he threw on the road and pay a Rs 500 penalty for the offence.
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- Last Updated:February 18, 2022, 23:56 IST
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Ankita Nayak, the Panchayat Development Officer of Neere village in Udupi district of Karnataka, made a statement when she made a man clear his garbage and pay a fine while he tried to litter. Last week around 9 am in the morning, when Nayak was riding her bike to work, a man threw garbage on the side of the road, and rode his bike away.The man threw the garbage at the Udupi-Karkala highway and in the area that comes under the reserved forest area of Jaddinangadi. Nayak chased the man on her vehicle for a few kilometers and managed to stop him.After getting off her vehicle, she called the bill collector Ganesh Nayak and told him to reach the spot where the garbage was thrown.She made the man take a U-turn to the spot where he had thrown the cardboard pieces and other waste. She made his dispose the garbage at its rightful place and asked him to immediately pay a Rs 500 penalty. The bill collector issued the receipt for the same while the man paid the fine.Read all the Latest News, Breaking News and Assembly Elections Live Updates here.