The Pioneer 06.05.2013
Improving civic amenities Haldwani mayor’s top priority
To improve city’s civic health will be top priority of the newly elected mayor of the municipal corporation of Haldwani (MCH), Jogendra Rautela, who has formally taken charge of the MCH. Given the increasing level of civic wastes in the city, to have a scientific method for disposal of it, is the need of the hour for city like Haldwani, the civic experts here believe.
However, keeping in view the city’s garbage disposal problem, Rautela has stressed on the need to set up a recycling plant under the solid waste management progrmme.
It is worth mention here that though the status of the corporation had been granted to the municipal council of Haldwani during the previous BJP regime, delimitation of the MCH is yet to be done. And the urban area of Haldwani has increased to a large extent. But a major part Haldwani urban still comes under the Haldwani rural, due to delay in doing delimitation of the MCH. Thus as the locals here believe, in a bid to ensure or maintain cleanliness of the entire city at least the rest of the urban area of Haldwani must be brought in to the MCH jurisdiction.
Stressing on the need to make clean and Green Haldwani, the newly elected Mayor also said that 20,000 plants will be planted in the city every year.
In the meanwhile, Rautela has also called for conducting ‘nigam at your door step campaign’ to deal with civic concerns of the citizens at their door step.
The ‘nigam at your door campaign’ will be held once in three months in every ward so that civic services could be improved in all wards properly, Rautela emphasised.
Among others officials concerned from the MCH and various other departments and respective councilors will also be present in such ‘nigam at your door step’ programme, he added. At the same time, efforts will be taken to bring transparency in the house tax system. In a bid to simplify the house tax system, we would also try to bring self assessment system so that it could become easier for the citizens to deposit their house tax, he added.
Beautification of MCH-owned parks will be his top priority. In a bid to maintain parks, steps will also be taken to involve private parties in this exercise, Rautela said.
We would also try to modernise education in MCH-owned schools so that children studying in these schools could also compete with other students, he added.
