Curation Team
GURUGRAM: Minister for urban local bodies (ULB) Vipul Goel on Wednesday directed MCG officials to clear three lakh metric tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste lying on roads and public areas within a month.
The minister also set a 15-day deadline to resolve the stray cattle menace.
The minister, while addressing a meeting of officials, gave instructions to improve sanitation, keep public places garbage-free, increase cleaning resources, timely lift C&D waste and make debris fee collection mandatory when passing building plans.
Emphasis was placed on the prompt resolution of sewage-related issues and ensuring all works under the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act.
Chief principal secretary to the CM Rajesh Khullar was also present at the meeting, held at PWD rest house.
The ULB minister told corporation officials to ensure effective and swift action regarding stray cattle roaming on roads and public places, asking them to send them to cow shelters.
Goel said, “Noticeable changes should be visible in this direction within the next 15 days. A special WhatsApp helpline number should be issued for citizens to report stray cattle and abandoned animals.”
“Rewards will be announced for those providing information. Moreover, an incentive scheme will be implemented for sanitation workers, where employees capturing animals and handing them over to the relevant agency will be rewarded,” he added.
The minister said all officials should work in a “timely and result-oriented manner” to establish Gurgaon’s image as a clean and orderly city.
Officials said currently, around 5,000 cows and 1,500 bulls roam freely in the city. Kamdhenu and Nandidham shelters, operated by the municipal corporation, have the capacity to accommodate an additional 5,00 cows and 500 bulls.
Khullar instructed officials to arrange for cow shelters at two other locations to ensure the safekeeping of animals as soon as possible.
Earlier, Khullar, who held a meeting with the MCG, GMDA officials, directed them to ensure that no garbage, polythene or debris should be visible on the city roads and an effective action plan should be implemented for this.
He said Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini has given clear instructions to make Gurgaon a better city and the govt “was fully committed to this goal”.
On the issue of stray animals, he urged the concerned officials to “take immediate and concrete steps”.
MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said works were carried out at 153 potential waterlogging sites.
To provide relief during the rainy season, the corporation set up a special call centre with 15 operators and upon receiving information, the drainage team reaches the site. To resolve sewage issues, the corporation has formed a sewage monitoring cell, which has identified 40 problematic areas and has a plan for their permanent resolution.
New tender
The commissioner said a new tender for door-to-door waste collection will be opened on Aug 18.
Currently, 250 vehicles are collecting garbage door-to-door, the commissioner claimed. Emphasis has been placed on implementing waste management systems in bulk waste generators and govt department colonies.
Khullar was also informed at the meeting that a plant is operational in Basai for C&D waste management and there are plans to establish another plant with a capacity of 400 tonnes per day.
