Going by the statistics available with Kochi Corporation's health department, while 78 people were booked in 2013 in Kochi for dumping garbage in public places, the number came down to 48 in 2014. Section 340 of the Kerala Municipalities (Compounding of Offences) Rules says that a fine up to Rs. 2,000 can be slapped for dumping filth in public places. Around Rs. 60,000 was collected as penalty in 2014. The Mission Clean Kochi campaign has played a major role in bringing a considerable change in the mindset of people regarding garbage disposal.

Kochi Corporation plans to reinforce night patrolling and other awareness activities; they believe that adequate surveillance would enable registration of more cases. Presently, the lack of enough number of cameras to track people indulging in such acts is a big disadvantage as most people dump waste at night. The Mayor of the city opines that mere penalty is not enough to deter the people who flout dumping norms; the need of the hour is a change in attitude. Slapping fine may help generate more income for the Corporation but that doesn't address the basic issue of attitude. To bring about an attitudinal change, the offenders should be made to do compulsory service for 2-3 hours per day in a Government hospital. He believes that such a punishment should be extended to even those who spit or urinate in public places.

The Mayor’s suggestion is on similar lines to the recent proposal made by Maharashtra government to make such offenders clean a government hospital or an office for eight hours. District collector M G Rajamanickam feels that the Corporation needs to play a more proactive role to ensure that there are enough facilities in the city before slapping fines. He is of the view that at such a time when the government is making efforts to abolish manual scavenging, people cannot be forced into cleaning. People of Kochi have welcomed this law as it will play a good role in controlling habits like urinating and spitting in public, to an extent. However, it is the mindset that has to change because offenders find no shame in urinating on roads; it is the others who have to bear these repulsive habits.