Central team reviews cleanliness in Doon
Monday, September 30, 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
As part of the nationwide cleanliness fortnight being observed till October 2, a team from the Central government has arrived in Dehradun to review the city’s sanitation system. The team assessed the cleanliness efforts in the city and prepared a report based on their observations. The Dehradun assistant municipal commissioner and the programme’s nodal officer SP Joshi said that Dehradun is among 30 cities across the country which have been selected for coverage under the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
A team from Delhi covered the cleanliness-related activities of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) as part of this initiative, Joshi said. He informed that the MCD has been focusing on achieving the goals set during the first phase of the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign. For the second phase, the corporation has identified black spots across the city based on intensity. These are divided into three categories- low intensity, medium intensity and high intensity with nine spots, 12 spots and 13 spots in these categories respectively.
Joshi shared that the second phase aims to remove five locations from the high-intensity black spots category. He also expressed his satisfaction with Dehradun being included in the 30-city list by the Central government and added that the programme’s planning has been executed well, with the team following the set guidelines each day.
