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129 penalised for peeing in public

It left many shocked but it also could herald a change that will leave the country and society cleaner.

It left many shocked but it also could herald a change that will leave the country and society cleaner.

In Agra, the local administration has fined 129 people in the past three days for allegedly urinating in public.

The Government Railway Police (GRP) officers caught 129 people for publicly urinating and slapped them with fines ranging from '100 to '500.

People were fined for urinating in areas like the Agra Cantt railway station, Agra Fort, Raja ki Mandi, Mathura, Idgah, Tundla and 12 other stations in the division.

SP, railways, Gopesh Nath Khanna said that the campaign was a part of the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan and would continue in the future too.

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) also fined 31 people in June for dirtying or spitting on railway platforms at the Agra Cantt railway station.

The DRM office in Agra has been busy sprucing up railway stations and rounding up people for defacing and dirtying platforms for the past one month. The Centre is said to be drafting a law under which municipalities can punish those found spitting, urinating and throwing garbage in public places.

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