The Urban Municipality of Antananarivo (CUA) is taking a harder line against those committing public nuisances. It announces the enforcement of sanctions provided for in the Municipal Hygiene Code. Zero tolerance for polluters. Anyone committing public nuisances or illegal dumping of waste now faces sanctions. "After a major cleaning operation and awareness campaigns, the CUA will proceed with enforcing sanctions provided for in the Municipal Hygiene Code (CMH)," states a statement posted on Antananarivo municipality's Facebook page last weekend. Any offender faces a fine of 50,000 ariary. They must also immediately restore the area by cleaning the spaces they polluted and their surroundings. These sanctions will apply in particular to people who throw solid waste, mud, urine, excrement, bricks, bottles or metal objects into community waste bins. Dumping waste, excrement or domestic wastewater on sidewalks or in canals also constitutes an offense. The CUA will deploy municipal police and hygiene inspectors to detect violations and enforce sanctions. "Final preparations will be made this week to intensify awareness. The enforcement phase will begin in early July," says a CUA source. Throughout June, the municipality conducted multiple sanitation operations in the capital. On June 20, its teams mobilized alongside numerous organizations and associations for a major cleaning operation in Antananarivo's six districts, as part of a national sanitation effort. Following Independence Day celebrations, another cleaning operation was conducted in the busiest neighborhoods, particularly in Analakely, Behoririka, Anosy and Mahamasina, where waste had accumulated after the festivities. Workers washed streets with large amounts of water, reorganized markets and rapidly evacuated waste left by the celebrations to restore the city's cleanliness. Despite these interventions, public nuisances persist. Illegal waste dumping, urine discharge into canals and open defecation continue to degrade the urban environment.