Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 19 -- The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will slap fines for violations in garbage dumping rules in a bid to boost the overall cleanliness of the city and to improve its ranking in the Swachh Survekshan Survey. Setting an example for this, two mobile phone showrooms in city were penalised for dumping garbage.

To boost its rankings in the next Swachh Survekshan Survey, officers and staff of MCC are visiting roads, localities and residential areas daily to identify potential places that might harm the civic body in the rankings. Officers, including the MCC Commissioner, are visiting each Wards and identifying unclean spots and are trying their best to address the cleanliness issues.

During one such visit in Zone 3, Ward...