Expressing strong disappointment at the deteriorated condition of the level of civic sanitation in Dehradun, the State Cabinet Minister and Dharmpur MlA Dinesh Agarwal directed officials of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun to take necessary measures to facilitate the desired level of civic sanitation.Chairing a meeting with the municipal and other officials concerned at his residence on Sunday, the minister said piles of garbage could be seen in various parts of the town where the sanitation level has been affected detrimentally. He said that the members of the public were also expressing opposition to the trenching ground in the city, as a result of which the sanitation system is also being affected.
He said that if maintaining the level of civic sanitation is being affected by lack of funds, the officials should draft and present proposals so that he may provide the monetary amount from his MlA fund for improving the level of civic sanitation. In case the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun is not being able to manage the civic sanitation system efficiently in the town, he should be informed about the situation so as to enable him to appeal to the members of the general public and volunteers of civil defence for providing their help in maintaining the desired level of civic sanitation. He also directed the officials of the municipal corporation to carry out the required fogging measures to mitigate the incidence of dengue being reported to be spreading to different localities of the city.
He also said that the number of vehicles used for conducting the fogging procedure should be increased so that the spread of the larva linked to dengue can be curtailed. He said, “With the Doon Hospital now being made into a medical college, the existing medical facilities there have been affected considerably due to which the general public is facing various problems on a daily basis,” said Agarwal. The minister also directed the principal of the Doon medical college to restore the various medical treatment facilities of the Doon Hospital to their past system in order to prevent any type of inconvenience to the people visiting the hospital. The Dehradun municipal commissioner Nitin Singh Bhadauria is said to have assured the minister that immediate measures will be taken by the corporation to bring about the required improvement especially to clear garbage from areas suffering from affected sanitation system.
The municipal corporation is also in the process of making arrangements for fogging and cleaning. The number of vehicles to carry out fogging is also being increased to act against dengue, he added.