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Bad News For The Betel Fan Club

Mumbai's top civic agency is invoking public shame to prevent its employees from spitting the distinctive dark-red betel juice in the halls and stairways at office buildings. Offenders will find their photographs, names and designationa posted on bulletin boards at the headquarters of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the body responsible for sanitation standards and the upkeep of roads and buildings. One worker already has become "Spit Employee of Today" since the campaign started.

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