India, Nov. 13 -- The Ghaziabad municipal corporation on Wednesday decided to impose heavy fines on households and commercial establishments over non-segregation of solid waste at the point of generation, and the penalty may extend to even lodging of first information report against the culprits, officials said.

"The decision to levy penalties was taken up by the executive committee of the corporation on Wednesday. It aims at source segregation and also to control the mishandling of solid waste and also to comply with the solid waste handling rules. We will now take up public awareness programmes, and display boards will be set up in different residential wards and also at prominent places," said Mithilesh Kumar, the corporation's city h...