The Times of India 12.09.2014
PMC to launch ‘mission sanitation’ today
Patna:
State Urban Development and Housing Department (UDHD) has asked Patna
Municipal Corporation (PMC) to get its tasks executed at the earliest.
First in its list is ‘mission sanitation’, which the civic body will
launch on Friday. The department will help in case of staff crunch.
At a meeting chaired by UDHD secretary Sandeep Poundrik a few days back,
the department directed the PMC to take up ‘mission sanitation’ on
urgent basis for the approaching festival season. Additional municipal
commissioner (AMC) Shrisat Kapil Ashok told TOI a team of 60 to 70
sanitary workers in each circle would work under the supervision of
their respective executive officers during the ‘sanitation mission’ from
Friday.
Also, the PMC has ordered for over 360 handcarts to pick up
garbage from streets. It has also sanctioned Rs3.55 lakh for the repair
of old handcarts. A sum of Rs22 lakh has been sanctioned from the
emergency fund for the purchase of brooms, limestone and bleaching
powder. PMC commissioner Kuldip Narayan has also directed the chief
sanitation officers to assure regular cleaning and sprinkling of
limestone and bleaching powder.
The civic body will also ensure that
all the puja committees during Durga Puja maintain cleanliness and keep
dustbins in and around their respective pandals. It has also proposed
to reward the cleanest pandal.
The AMC said additional 200
sanitation workers have been hired for Durga Puja and their number may
be doubled for Diwali and Chhath. The mission will continue for two
months from now, he said.
The UDHD has also directed the civic body
to install 200 street lights in the NCC and 125 lights in Bankipore
circle. At least 145 street lights have to be installed in the
Kankarbagh circle and 150 in Patna City circle. The junior engineers
under different power substations will help in installation work at the
identified spots. This task has to be completed by September 24.
The
PMC has also decided to repair the defunct high mast lights at the
important spots of the city such as the area near Patna Junction,
R-Block and Income Tax roundabout.
