Mumbai : Despite of imposing fine for spitting in public places, pe-ople are still continuing to spit and therefore to curb this problem, we have sugg-ested that those who spit will be made to clean the area along with paying fine, said Health Minister Dr Dee-pak Sawant.
While speaking on the Wo-rld Cancer Day at Tata Mem-orial Hospital on Thursday, he added that the changes which will be made under the Anti-Spitting Bill which will be put forth to the mini-sters in the coming assembly for which a draft has also be-en prepared under the com-mittee of three ministers.
The minister further stated that when they found out there is no impact of impo-sition of fine; they decided to put forth the issue on social networking sites and ask pe-ople for their suggestions to put an end to the problem. Following this, they received many suggestions from the public of which majority pe-ople quoted that a mere Rs 200 as fine is not going to bring any change. Therefore, they should add cleaning of the public places as a puni-shment which will embarra-ss them in public every time they spit.
Rajendra Badwe, medical director of Tata Memorial Hospital, said, “The incidence of breast cancer among wo-man is increasing with mani-fold which has become a hu-ge cause of concern for us. In the past few years, we have witnessed a rise in cases of cancer majorly in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chen-nai.” Further, cancer centres will be started at Tukdoji Maharaj Hospital in Nagpur, Cama Hospital and JJ hospi-tal in Mumbai with an overall 300-400 bed capacity.
