The Hindu 25.06.2010
MCD plans sanitation drive during Games
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to take control of the problem of garbage and litter including construction malba found strewn around the Capital's streets for at least two weeks during the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Claiming that the city would remain “spotless and sparkling” through the event, Delhi Mayor Prithvi Raj Sawhney said on Wednesday that the MCD will launch a “special” cleanliness drive beginning July 1, as part of the civic agency's attempt to clean Delhi before the mega event.
The MCD will further set up a ‘central control room' that will be functional from mid September till the time of the Commonwealth Games. To be operational round-the-clock, the control room will have an interactive voice response system that would facilitate citizens to make any sanitation and cleanliness related complaints which would thereafter be attended to by the MCD staff.
The civic agency will further deploy specially trained staff across all zones to act on sanitation complaints. A proposal regarding the same has been drafted by the civic body and was recently presented to Chief Secretary Rakesh Mehta. The civic body claimed that it would also install waste collection bins at all Commonwealth Games venues in areas under its jurisdiction, deploy mechanical sweepers and remove construction waste from across the Capital.
