Anti-littering violators reach 500th mark
Posted by unang apluma on Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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THE number of apprehended violators of the anti-littering program of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has reached the 500th mark yesterday in just eight days of continuous operations in major thoroughfares of Metro Manila.
As of September 27, 588 pedestrians have been issued Environmental Violation Receipts (EVRs) by the agency’s environmental police, the Health, Public Safety, and Environmental Protection Office (HPSEPO) said.
Eighty of the violators chose to pay the P500 fine while 10 opted to do community service as provided for by MMDA Regulation No. 96-009.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said he is impressed by the determination of the HPSEPO’s environmental police to strictly enforce the anti-littering law.
“Despite being harassed, threatened, and shouted at, our environmental police have shown utmost dedication in enforcing this regulation. We’re just hoping that the public will soon realize that throwing even a candy wrapper or a cigarette butt into the streets is a serious offense and will not in any way be tolerated,” Tolentino said.
Tolentino ordered the revival of anti-littering drive starting September 16 as part of the renewed thrust of the agency to prevent the recurrence of floods caused by the clogging of the esteros and waterways.
The MMDA chief pointed out that garbage thrown in the street end up in the drainage and into the pumping stations of the MMDA, causing periodic malfunctions in the agency’s flood control facilities.
“Every day we have to remove hundreds of tons of garbage from our pumping stations just to keep our machines running,” Tolentino added.
As for the violators who chose to do community service, Tolentino said he will have them sweep the portion of Edsa from Edsa-Shaw Boulevard underpass up to Camp Crame.
This morning, the environmental police of the HPSEPO were deployed in Mendiola area and LRT-Gil Puyat Station to apprehend litterbugs.
As of September 27, 588 pedestrians have been issued Environmental Violation Receipts (EVRs) by the agency’s environmental police, the Health, Public Safety, and Environmental Protection Office (HPSEPO) said.
Eighty of the violators chose to pay the P500 fine while 10 opted to do community service as provided for by MMDA Regulation No. 96-009.
MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said he is impressed by the determination of the HPSEPO’s environmental police to strictly enforce the anti-littering law.
“Despite being harassed, threatened, and shouted at, our environmental police have shown utmost dedication in enforcing this regulation. We’re just hoping that the public will soon realize that throwing even a candy wrapper or a cigarette butt into the streets is a serious offense and will not in any way be tolerated,” Tolentino said.
Tolentino ordered the revival of anti-littering drive starting September 16 as part of the renewed thrust of the agency to prevent the recurrence of floods caused by the clogging of the esteros and waterways.
The MMDA chief pointed out that garbage thrown in the street end up in the drainage and into the pumping stations of the MMDA, causing periodic malfunctions in the agency’s flood control facilities.
“Every day we have to remove hundreds of tons of garbage from our pumping stations just to keep our machines running,” Tolentino added.
As for the violators who chose to do community service, Tolentino said he will have them sweep the portion of Edsa from Edsa-Shaw Boulevard underpass up to Camp Crame.
This morning, the environmental police of the HPSEPO were deployed in Mendiola area and LRT-Gil Puyat Station to apprehend litterbugs.
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