India, July 22 -- The Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) has issued a show-cause notice to a private sanitation agency and imposed a penalty of Rs.530,943 for allegedly failing to deploy the required number of tractor-trolleys and sanitation workers in Zone 4, affecting cleanliness operations. The break-up of the cumulative penalty imposed for violations flagged across multiple inspections has not been disclosed.

According to MCG additional commissioner Pooja Chawariya, the agency violated the terms of its work order and Request for Proposal (RFP) by consistently deploying fewer vehicles and workers than mandated under the contract. The agency was contractually required to deploy 10 tractor-trolleys and 70 sanitation workers daily in Z...