Source: The Telegraph
KOLKATA, INDIA, August 29, 2002: The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has embarked on a clean-puja (festival) campaign. Around 500 trash bins will be placed on main thoroughfares for passersby to dump their trash. The conservancy department is investing over $30,000 for the fiberglass bins and the civic authorities mean business. They will make the errant Calcuttan pay for the litter, if they bypass the bins. According to CMC estimates, city roads and pavements are littered with about 100 tons of trash every day, with substantially more on puja days.