The Pioneer 20.05.2013
RMC-A2Z meets ahead of monsoon
Senior officials of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and A2Z — the waste management agency in-charge of cleanliness of Ranchi — met on Sunday to prepare a roadmap. It is intended to help them face the problem of water logging during monsoon. In the meeting the civic body and A2Z agreed to share responsibilities of cleanliness of the city.
“Every morning the supervisors of A2Z will meet the ward councillors of the ward of the areas of their operations. The supervisors would brief them about the works that they would accomplish in the day. Also they would inform the councillors about the resources – human and other basic resources like vans - available to them. In case we find that the resources are inadequate we will employ labours from our end,” said S Vijayvargiya, the Deputy Mayor.
In run up to the monsoon the RMC had asked A2Z to improve the situation of small drains, road side drains and the rest sewerage system of the city within two months.
The A2Z said that they had prepared a roadmap for dealing with the problem of water logging in monsoon. “We have raised the number of compactors to 10 and the number of dumpers has been raised to eight instead of six. Out of 384 rickshaws available with us we have repaired 184 that needed our attentions. As of now only 15-16 rickshaws need being repaired,” said National Head, HR & Operations, A2Z , Vijay Prakash Pandey. In pre-monsoon exercise A2Z has employed four teams in each ward for clearing the drains within the wards.
Besides, they have divided Ranchi into five zones and each zone will benefit the services of team of 11 workers who would clear the roadside drains. Also the agency has decided to employ a dumper and JCB to clear the bigger drains.
The meeting was also attended by the newly appointed ward councillors. The ward councillors also shared their problems related to cleanliness and filth in their wards.
“The problems shared by the ward councillors regarding the drains are genuine. We have taken note of their grievances. I am hopeful we will be able to address them efficiently,” Vijay said after the meeting with the officials. Earlier the deputy mayor had opined that newly appointed officials of A2Z were not “competent enough” and so the civic body had decided to call the national head HR & Operations of A2Z.
