The Pioneer 25.10.2010
Festive season awaits better civic sanitationPNS | Dehradun
Though only about 10 days are left for the festival of Deepawali, there is no sign of improvement in the deteriorated condition of civic sanitation in the town. Though the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun plans to undertake a special campaign for civic sanitation in view of the festive season, observers state that the efforts of the MCD will not be able to succeed unless the public plays an active role in ensuring civic sanitation in town.
The Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli had directed MCD officials to undertake special drives to ensure required level of civic sanitation and to conduct sampling of food items to prevent adulteration from October 26 in view of the festival of Deepawali.
In addition to ensuring civic sanitation and preventing food adulteration, the MCD is also undertaking a campaign to rid the city of unauthorised advertisement hoardings starting with those installed without authorisation on the rooftops of commercial and residential buildings.
Though officially the MCD is undertaking efforts to meet its targets regarding facilitation of civic sanitation, checking food adulteration and removing unauthorised advertisement hoardings, the same have had limited effect due to apathy of the public and influence of the advertising agencies with influential political contacts.
On the condition of anonymity, MCD officials stated that the corporation is trying its best to effectively utilise its limited sources for facilitating civic sanitation in town but the majority of the members of general public and commercial institutions have continued to dump garbage improperly which is neutralising the efforts undertaken by the MCD to facilitate civic sanitation.
The drive undertaken by MCD to remove unauthorised advertisement hoardings from rooftops is also being affected negatively because the advertising agencies have continued to install hoardings at the very sites from where they are removed by MCD personnel. It remains to be seen whether the MCD is able to effectively execute its drives for maintaining civic sanitation, prevention of food adulteration and removal of unauthorised hoardings in time to make the city clean and orderly in time for the festival of Deepawali.
