No dustbin, no business: Kurnool civic chief fines two shops on sanitation round

Kurnool Municipal Company (KMC) Commissioner Challa Obulesu, on a sanitation round within the metropolis, has ordered fines on two shops behind Sharaf Bazaar for not putting in dustbins which had left the world unhygienic.

The commissioner inspected sanitation operations within the Outdated Bus Stand, Sunkesula Street and N. R. Peta areas on the morning of Tuesday (June 2, 2026). Expressing severe displeasure over the unhygienic circumstances close to the two shops, he directed the sanitation inspector to impose the fines for failing to put in dustbins.

He suggested the proprietors of tea stalls and “paan” shops to make sure dustbins had been put in. He warned that in the event that they continued to neglect sanitation, their shops could be answerable for seizure, if crucial.

He warned that the commerce licences of retailers within the metropolis could be cancelled in the event that they acted arbitrarily and didn’t cooperate with efforts to maintain the town clear.

The commissioner additionally expressed dissatisfaction over waste from the premises of a close-by water tank being dumped on the primary street. He stated the waste should be handed over to municipal waste assortment automobiles, and that strict motion could be taken in opposition to anybody discovered dumping rubbish on the roads.

Throughout his go to, the commissioner discovered unhygienic circumstances and an accumulation of rubbish at a junction, which is the boundary of three sanitation divisions. He requested the sanitation inspectors to coordinate and take up sanitation administration.

He additionally issued instructions to take up sanitation work on each side of the railway monitor alongside Sunkesula Street, to maintain the world clear always.

The commissioner additionally carried out a shock inspection of the Anna Canteen within the Collectorate premises and expressed displeasure over the scarcity of employees and the dearth of cleanliness on the facility.