The Hindu       06.01.2011

Mayor launches MCD's Facebook page

Staff Reporter

To ensure prompt and effective monitoring of lifting of garbage from areas under its jurisdiction and make way for a more transparent, accountable and responsive administration, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi officially launched its page on the social networking website Facebook on Wednesday.

With the launch, those unhappy with the sanitation standard in their area can log in to the MCD's new Facebook page to lodge a complaint with photographs if possible to redress their civic woes.Delhi Mayor Prithvi Raj Sawhney formally initiated the MCD account by signing as a member on the Facebook page. In his message on Facebook, he appealed to the citizens of Delhi to join hands with the MCD to monitor prompt and effective lifting of garbage.The page has already been “liked” by nearly 400 netizens.