To provide a relief in the chilling winters to poor and homeless people, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) spends about Rs 20,000 every day in setting up bonfires regularly in different parts of the city. The senior municipal health officer Dr Kailash Joshi said that the corporation sets regular bonfires in around 35 places of the city that begins from December onwards and continue till the mid of February. The corporation uses about 40 quintals of wood of worth Rs 8000 daily to set the bonfires, informed officials. According to them, the places of setting up regular bonfires fluctuate too if the MCD gets demands to set bonfires in some different locations as the corporation mostly sets up bonfires in 35 to 40 places like nearby ISBT, Railway Station, Patel Nagar, Clock Tower, Rajpur and sometimes in Rain Baseras too as per the requirement.
Moreover, they further informed that the total cost of setting up the bonfires on the daily bases including the cost of wood and other procedures is about Rs 20,000. Meanwhile, the corporation is also considering installing electric heating systems in such places after MCD recently received a proposal for the same from a Noida-based company. Though, some officials stated that the heating system will be more efficient in providing relief during winters as it causes no pollution. Municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey clarified that the corporation has received the proposal but nothing has been finalised yet
Friday, 01 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
