mumbai in the developed countries community service is seen as a better way of disciplining a person for violating a rule than fines or imprisonment but the bmcs experience in the last nine months shows that mumbaikars when caught littering or spitting prefer to pay up rather than do community serviceonly a little over 10000 people agreed to do community service than pay fine when caught littering or spitting said r a rajeev additional municipal commissioner in charge of solid waste management on the other hand the bmc has recovered rs 25 crore in fines from over 65000 people caught for the same offencesonly those who could not afford to pay the fine agreed to do community service like cleaning up after they spit or litter most of these are cab and autorickshaw drivers he said littering spitting and urinating in public attract a fine of rs 200 however a pet dog messing up the streets can lighten the dog owners pocket by rs 500what we need is sensitisation at present when a person is caught shehe first flaunts herhis connections with the whos who in government to avoid the fine when that does not work they prefer to pay the fine and feel they are free to spit or litter said priya ubale convener of clean sweep the bmc is yet to define what would be a befitting community service for littering or spitting on roads