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Department:
Information & Public Relations Department
Description:
Exercising powers under Section 163 BNSS, 2023, the District Magistrate has prohibited the following activities throughout the notified tourist destinations, roadways, viewpoints and public places in East Khasi Hills District:
1. Roadside cooking, including the use of firewood, charcoal, LPG cylinders or any other fuel on road shoulders, viewpoints and public places.
2. Littering and throwing of plastic, food waste, bottles, cans, packaging materials or any other garbage.
3. Indiscriminate disposal or dumping of solid or liquid waste in public places, forests, water bodies, drains or roadside areas.
Any person found violating the order shall be liable for prosecution under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and other applicable provisions of law.
The order has been passed ex parte in view of the urgency of the matter. It has come into force with immediate effect and shall remain in force until further orders
1. Roadside cooking, including the use of firewood, charcoal, LPG cylinders or any other fuel on road shoulders, viewpoints and public places.
2. Littering and throwing of plastic, food waste, bottles, cans, packaging materials or any other garbage.
3. Indiscriminate disposal or dumping of solid or liquid waste in public places, forests, water bodies, drains or roadside areas.
Any person found violating the order shall be liable for prosecution under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and other applicable provisions of law.
The order has been passed ex parte in view of the urgency of the matter. It has come into force with immediate effect and shall remain in force until further orders
Date of Announcement:
05 Aug 2026
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