Considering that the chaos created by the ongoing construction work in Dehradun city under the Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL), which can adversely affect the ranking of Dehradun city in Swachh Survekshan 2021, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has decided to approach the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) the next month seeking relaxation during the upcoming inspection.
With the aim of upgrading Dehradun among the top 100 cleanest city of India in this cleanliness campaign against the 124th position last year, the corporation is monitoring and fixing various sanitation related complaints through Swachhata-MoHUA app. Moreover, MCD has also planned to commence door to door garbage collection service in all 100 wards from the next month besides constructing several new smart toilets across the city. However, officials also expressed their concern about the untidiness caused due to the ongoing smart city work in several areas as it can project a negative impression of the city on the teams from MoHUA that will arrive here in March for the inspection.
Referring to this, the municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said that the corporation is aware of the poor state of the conditions of roads in some areas due to the ongoing smart city work and will try to explain the same to MoHUA too so that the ministry could grant some relaxation. However, the chief municipal health officer, Dr Kailash Joshi added that the MCD recently approached the DSCL to complete their work soon and the management has promised them to finish the smart city work by January 31. If the work will not be finished by the given time, the corporation will have to approach MoHUA to make their side clear, informed officials.
Wednesday, 20 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
