Despite several claims made by the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) of taking various initiatives to get Dehradun in top 100 cleanest city of the country in the Swachh Survekshan 2021, many sanitation workers across the city do not seem to be motivated to achieve this goal.
While the corporation is gearing up to start the door to door garbage collection service in all 100 wards from February hoping to diminish the issue of garbage disposal in roadside areas, several sanitation workers can still be seen burning heaps of garbage in open at various localities of the city. Recently, a sanitation worker near Vyomprasth colony in GMS Road was seen to be burning garbage in an open area. According to the locals, the sanitation workers do it often in their area after collecting garbage in the cart from nearby places. Jasmeet Singh from Karnpur said that some sanitation workers burn garbage in their area too and then dump the left over unburnt remains in the drains. “We have complained to MCD many times and workers do stop burning garbage for some time but then it starts again after few months,” said Singh.
While talking about the issue, the chief municipal health officer, Dr Kailash Joshi said that burning garbage in open is strictly prohibited. He said that the corporation has instructed all sanitation supervisors and workers to ensure proper transfer and disposal of garbage in every area. However, strict action will be taken against those found to be violating orders and damaging the environment in the city, said Joshi. Moreover, the officials also informed that the corporation charges penalties regularly on those who are found to be burning garbage including plastic waste in public areas. If anybody finds the regular occurrence of such activities nearby, they can complain to MCD or use Swachhata-MoHUA app to register their complaints with related photographs and videos and action will be taken against offenders, said officials.
Monday, 25 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
