The Pioneer 30.09.2010
MCD tractors for garbage disposal gathering dustPNS | Dehradun
While the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun is hiring tractors to facilitate disposal of garbage collected in the town, the vehicles purchased by MCD about two years ago are gathering dust because the vehicles have not yet been registered with the RTO.
Moreover, shortage of drivers in MCD is also affecting the facilitation of civic sanitation in the town with about a dozen drivers being deployed for vehicles used for civic sanitation work.
It is pertinent to mention here that in 2008, the MCD had purchased three three-wheelers with hydraulic system facility and one truck for transporting waste to the point of disposal. However, the ownership papers of these vehicles were not procured by the MCD even though it paid the price for purchasing the same. Due to this, the registration application for these vehicles submitted in the RTO has not been processed yet.
According to the additional Mukhya Nagar Adhikari (AMNA) Harak Singh Rawat, these vehicles were purchased when he had yet to assumed charge of the AMNA office in MCD due to which he is unable to comment on the conditions during the purchase of the vehicles.
However, the issue is being taken up with technical advisors by the MCD and is expected to be resolved in the near future. Meanwhile, the MCD is hiring tractors in order to transport municipal waste from sites of collection to the site of dumping.
According to official sources, a total of 28 drivers are employed in MCD which include 13 regularised drivers and 15 working on contract basis. Out of these drivers about 12 are employed as drivers for officials whereas out of the remaining 16 drivers some remain sick or on leave for other reasons.
