In a bid to have first- hand experiences of the capital’s sanitation scenario, Chief Minister Harish Rawat made a surprise visit in the city sans any security protocol on Wednesday. During his visit he was accompanied by his advisor Sanjay Choudhary and media coordinator Rajeev Jain.
He first went to Tilak Road and from there to Dhamawala. There the Chief Minister asked Dehradun DM Ravinath Raman to accompany him. He reviewed the cleanliness of the roads and drains located along Dispensary Road, Tehsil Chowk, Ramula Building, Muslim Colony, Kargi Chowk, Majra and Niranjanpur. later, he inspected the under- construction flyovers at ISBT, Balliwala Chowk and Ballupur Chowk.
He asked the officials of ADB to repair the dug sewer lines in Majra as people are facing problems on that count. The CM also interacted with the people, awaiting their turns to buy rations from the ration shops. He during the inspection asked sanitary workers about problems they are facing. Rawat held a follow -up meeting with the officers concerned at Bijapur guesthouse with the surprise inspection being over.
Present in the follow- up meeting were Mayor Vinod Chamoli, leader of the Opposition, Nagar Nigam Neelu Sehgal, Secretary Urban Development DS Gabryal, DM Dehradun Ravinath Raman, VC MDDA Minaxi Sundaram, Additional Secretary Information Chandresh Kumar and Nitin Bhadoria.
CM said that the administration will have to help Municipal Corporation to ensure cleanliness of the Dehradun. He gave directions to Secretary Urban Development to work in this direction.
There are several proposals for Dehradun, but we will focus on immediate improvement of things. Nagar Nigam will have to be provided with sufficient number of modern vehicles to pick garbage.