India, Nov. 11 -- The Bengaluru North City Corporation has intensified its cleanliness drive, warning property owners of vacant plots to maintain their sites or face fines. Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar directed ward engineers to take strict action against owners whose neglected properties have turned into garbage dumping grounds.

Vacant sites filled with garbage must be cleared immediately, and if owners cannot be traced or fail to clean up, fines should be imposed or the cost recovered through their property tax, Kumar instructed during an inspection of Pulakeshinagar, Byatarayanapura, and Sarvagnanagar constituencies, said a report by The New Indian Express.

Several unmaintained plots were found to be littered with waste and debri...