"Brent Council has revealed it spends more than 30,000 a year cleaning up pavements and buildings stained with a reddish-brown substance left behind by people spitting out a stimulant called paan. Chewing paan is common in parts of north-west London, particularly around Wembley, where a rust-coloured mix of saliva and paan can be seen spattered in many places, including on telephone boxes and in flower-beds."
"LDRS Brent Council has pledged to take a "zero-tolerance approach" to the problem, which, as well as being costly to clean up, it says causes "serious health and environmental damage". It is often nearly impossible to completely erase the stubborn stains from the streets with the local authority claiming that "even high-powered cleaning jets" cannot remove some of the marks."
Brent Council spends more than £30,000 a year removing reddish-brown stains left by people spitting paan on pavements and buildings. Paan consists of betel nut, leaf, herbs and tobacco and is commonly chewed in parts of north-west London, especially around Wembley, and is popular among the South East Asian community. The council warns the stains cause serious health and environmental damage and are often impossible to eliminate even with high-powered cleaning jets. The Labour-run council is installing banners in three hotspots, deploying enforcement officers and issuing fixed penalty notices up to £100.
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