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Drive started to make city free of construction waste

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 12:02 administrator
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The Indian Express                   12.03.2013

Drive started to make city free of construction waste

Chandigarh

The Municipal Corporation on Monday started a campaign from Sector 34 to make the city free of construction waste. In the next two months, construction waste will be removed from across all sectors, colonies and villages. Thereafter, a fine will be imposed on the residents who throw construction waste.

While the amount of fine is Rs 500 as per the Municipal Act, the MC can impose carrier charges on the defaulters which will depend on the quantity of the construction waste. This implies that the defaulters will be required to pay the expenses incurred on picking the construction waste and dumping it at the authorised site.

The drive was flagged off by Mayor Subhash Chawla in the presence of area councillor Harjinder Kaur and other officials. Different dates have been fixed for various sectors. All the three road divisions of the MC will be undertaking the work.

Apart from roadsides and open spaces, the drive will be carried out in the back lanes and road gullies as well. Special teams have been constituted for the purpose. A flying squad comprising three members and one security person will be deployed for keeping a check round the clock in the wards to curb throwing of construction waste at unauthorised places.

The Municipal Corporation will authorise some places as malba dumping sites. Mayor Subhash Chawla said, "A part of the construction waste collected will be utilised to fill up the low-lying areas of the sectors. The pits will be filled up. This was done during the drive today. Within two months all areas will be free of construction waste. Thereafter, the residents will be fined for any violations." 

The mayor appealed to resident welfare associations and NGOs to participate in the campaign. In sectors where the drive will be started, the work for pruning as well as painting the curb channels has also been initiated with the aim of sprucing up the area.

The efforts of the MC to prepare Malba Bylaws have not borne fruit. While a draft was prepared a few years back, it could not be finalised.

Meanwhile, the councillors of the Congress said they were not made a part of the drive. They alleged that they were not even informed about the initiative. However, Chawla said the officers had started the drive and invited him for inaugurating it.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:40
 

MMC to hire consultant to certify Fomento bill

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 09:30 administrator
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The Times of India                  12.03.2013  

MMC to hire consultant to certify Fomento bill

MARGAO: At a special meeting convened at the MargaoMunicpal Council (MMC), the councilors passed a resolution to invite consultant P U Asnani to give a presentation. They will then sign an agreement for a period of one year for consultancy services over the Sonsodo garbage treatment plant.

It was discussed that as per the concession agreement between MMC and Fomento and its consortium, the services of Asnani need to be incorporated for verification of work of setting up solid waste management facility at Sonsoddo and also requires clarification of the work carried as per tender documents.

An earlier resolution passed on October 12, 2012, had decided to cancel the work order issued to the consultant as the project was almost in the completion stage as per the status report and that the council would form a sub-committee that will be tasked with monitoring the progress of the work.

MMC chairperson Arthur D'silva explained to the councilors the urgent requirement to sign the agreement with Asnani so as to certify the bills raised by the project concessionaire as there was no other alternative. MMC engineers nor PWD engineers are willing to take on the responsibility of verifying the bill.

MMC vice chairperson Pratima Coutinho insisted that the consultant first give them a presentation and then all the councilors be taken to the site for an inspection following which the agreement would be signed. "The agreement if signed will be for the tenure of one year and at the end of the year if the councilors are satisfied with the work we can extend the agreement or appoint a new consultant."said D'silva. He added that the cost of the agreement was yet to be decided and it would happen in due course.

Asnani was selected as the consultant with quoted amount of 17,73,000 and the work order was issued on 16 March, 2013.

The other agenda of the meeting was to approve the detail project report (DPR) for landfill closure at Sonsoddo Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSW) dumping site and also to forward the said proposal for government sanction. So it was also resolved to approve the said proposal and forward the same to the directorate of municipal administration for granting government grants in order to execute the same.

The councilors however rejected the idea of using solar panels at the site. They further demanded to know how much work was completed to which they were told that the plant was functioning and 90% of the work had been completed.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 March 2013 09:32
 

Civic body starts campaign to clear Chandigarh of piling rubble

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 09:28 administrator
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The Times of India                  12.03.2013 

Civic body starts campaign to clear Chandigarh of piling rubble

CHANDIGARH: The municipal corporation launched a campaign to free the city of rubble on Monday.

Special teams have been constituted for the purpose. A flying squad comprising three members and a security guard will keep a check on the city round-the-clock. Residents renovating or constructing a house can call and pay MC to lift rubble. The violators will be fined. In case of government houses, the rubble should be lifted by government contractual employees, else challan will be issued to the authorities concerned.

The drive which kicked off from Sector 34 will also cover back lanes of houses and road gullies, besides villages and colonies.

JCB machines, rubble trucks and tractor trolleys, among others, will be put into service. Councillors will also create awareness in their areas to keep the city clean. The mayor said NGOs, trader associations, resident welfare associations, teachers, students and residents should take part in the campaign.
Last Updated on Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:39
 
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