(1) No person, shall throw or cause to be thrown in any drain, ventilation shaft, pipe and fittings connected with the private or public drainage works or at any public place or in any place open to public view any non-bio-degradable garbage or plastic or any biodegradable garbage in a non-bio-degradable bag, which may -
(a) injure the proper functioning of the drainage and sewerage system;
(b) interfere with the free flow or affect the treatment and disposal of drain and sewer contents;
(c) be dangerous or cause nuisance or be prejudicial to public health; or
(d) likely to be ingested by stray animals leading to serious health hazards.
(2) No person shall place or permit to be placed, except in accordance with such procedure and after complying with such safeguards, as may be prescribed, any bio-degradable or non-biodegradable garbage in any public place or in a place open to public view, unless, -
(a) the garbage is placed in a garbage receptacle; or
(b) the garbage is deposited in a location designated by the local authority having jurisdiction in the area for the disposal of the garbage.
(3) If any person throws any bio-degradable or non-biodegradable garbage at any public or in any place open to public view, any person aggrieved of any such nuisance, may complain to the local authority.
Prohibition to throw non-bio-degradable garbage in public drains, sewer or public place.
11. It shall be the duty of the local authority or any officer authorized by it, to-
(a) place or provide at proper and convenient location public receptacles, depots or places for temporary deposit or collection of non-bio- degradable garbage;
(b) provide separate dustbins for temporary deposit of different kinds of non-bio-degradable garbage;
(c) provide for the removal of contents of receptacles, depots and of the accumulation at all places provided under clause (a); and
(d) arrange for disposal of plastic waste in an environmentally sound manner.
12. It shall be the duty of the owner and occupiers of all lands and buildings to collect or cause to be collected from their respective land and buildings the non-bio-degradable garbage and to deposit, or cause to be deposited, in public receptacles, deposits or places provided for temporary deposit or collection of the non-biodegradable garbage by the local authority in the area.
13. The local authority may, by notice in writing, require the owner or occupier or part- owner, or person claiming to be the owner or part-owner, of any land or building, which has become a place of unauthorized stacking or deposit of non-bio-degradable garbage and is likely to occasion nuisance, to remove or cause to be removed the said garbage so stacked or collected, and if, in its opinion, such stacking or collection of non-bio-degradable waste is likely to injure the drainage and sewerage system or is likely to be dangerous to public health and environment, it may pass an order to take such steps immediately at the cost of such persons, as it may deem appropriate.