The Pioneer 08.05.2013
‘Concrete measures will be taken to stop use of polythene bags in Pauri’
The newly elected Pauri Municipal Council president Yashpal
Benam has said that concrete measures will be taken to stop the use of
polythene bags in the city and to ensure the desired level of civic
sanitation through effective garbage disposal.
After assuming office, Benam said that the campaign to implement ban on
polythene bags will start from July 7 and fines will be imposed on
businessman found using the banned items. “The first priority is to
facilitate proper garbage. The Paryavaran Sadhan Samiti has agreed to
provide 200 nali land free of cost to the municipal board for the
disposal of garbage in Jakhati,” Benam told The Pioneer.
He elaborated that the land of Late Mukund Ram Chandola to be donated
by PSS to the municipal board will be fenced and after this the
municipal council will start disposing garbage here. A garbage treatment
plant will be constructed and maintained on this land.
The manure obtained from the treatment plant will be given to the
Chandola family for sale. He expressed hope that garbage dumped in the
different parts of the town will be removed in a period of two days.
Benam said that the business fraternity in Pauri has been given two
months time to stop the use of the banned polythene items and after July
6, the local body will strictly enforce the ban.
Businessmen found using or selling the banned polythene items will be
fined Rs 2,000 on the spot in the initial phase. Stringent action will
be taken against those found violating the ban, he stressed. Benam said
that the estimate of cost for the hot mix of the road from Dhara Road to
Agency, Kandoliya to Kinkuleshwar and Civil Line to Tehsil is being
sent to the State government. These roads belong to the municipal
council and their deteriorated condition is causing major inconvenience
to the public.
In the first term of Benam as the president of the Pauri municipal
council, the use of the polythene was totally stopped in town. However,
later due to the lethargic attitude of the council the ban was not
implemented causing the use of polythene bags to become rampant in the
market.
