Bangkok starts clean-up campaign

Bangkok starts clean-up campaign

BANGKOK (DPA): More than 100 people were fined for littering during the first day of a campaign to clean up Bangkok's streets and canals, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said yesterday.

Police fined 114 people for littering on Tuesday, the campaign's first day, and issued 92 warnings as part of the BMA's drive to clean up the city. Some were fined 50 baht (US$2) for throwing cigarette butts on the ground.

The first day concentrated on public awareness with warnings and small fines, but the fines are to increase to between 2,000 and 10,000 baht. Bangkok Governor Bhichit Rattakul said the campaign will be vigorously enforced.