All schools, colleges in the Kanpur district have been declared as 'tobacco free zones' from today and any one found consuming tobacco products with in 100 meters of the educational institutes will now have to pay Rs 500 fine.
It will be responsibility of principals to ensure that no shop selling tobacco products comes up in the free zone and also posters announcing the ban should be displayed at the main entrance, City Additional District Magistrate Avinash Singh today said.
"If a teacher, peon, student or anyone is found consuming tobacco then a fine of Rs 500 will be imposed on them and Principals will also be questioned. The fine collected will be utilised for welfare of schools," he said.
According to Singh, orders in this regard have been issued earlier on January 13 to school and college principals.
The principals have been asked to serve notices to shops selling tobacco products within the 100-metre radius of the campus, the ADM said, adding if the shop owner does not heed, schools have been asked to inform the district administration.
"We have ordered all the city magistrates to conduct raids at schools in their areas and remove all the shops selling tobacco," he said.
Fine will be imposed on all errant shop owners and raids will start from today itself, the ADM added.
