Overview

• MCG’s office order establishes an SSF comprising gunmen, clerks, helpers and special officers to patrol four city zones
• SSF teams operate in three eight-hour shifts with mandates to capture geo-tagged photos and videos of illegal dumping for instant WhatsApp reporting
• Penalties under the drive include ₹1 lakh fines per incident, potential five-year imprisonment under the Environment (Protection) Act and environmental compensation as directed by NGT-CPCB guidelines
• The public notice binds RWAs, hospitals, malls, schools and other bulk waste generators to process or hand over refuse only to authorized collectors or face blacklisting and prosecution
• In the campaign’s first enforcement action, MCG imposed a ₹1 lakh penalty on Army Decorators for unloading garbage at an unauthorized site in Sector 57