The Zone D Sarabha Nagar office of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has become the first of the four offices of the civic body to install ‘no spitting’ boards for its employees and visitors. Also, a special corner for spitting has been created for pan-eaters. The flex boards with a message of ‘no spitting’ written in English, Hindi and Punjabi have been put up in the corners of the Zone D office, and the corners which were already stained have been whitewashed. The initiative has been taken by zonal commissioner P S Ghuman who also issued a notice to 250 employees of Zone D on Thursday to discard old broken furniture and stack up papers in a proper way. Also, a corner with a container filled with sand has been earmarked for those who want to spit. Talking to Newsline, Ghuman said, “The problem of spitting is an old one. Some employees and visitors spit wherever they want, especially in government offices which they feel can be taken for granted. I decided to get these boards installed and a corner has been created for those who want to spit. Offices should look clean which is the basic motto of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan.” He said that a notice was issued on Thursday to employees to ensure that papers were not scattered all over the table and they should be stacked up properly. “We will soon be discarding the old furniture and papers,” he said. “People, including MC employees, are simply not aware and they spit wherever they want. All stained corners have been whitewashed and now I will ensure that they are not stained again.”
