In spite of various measures being taken by the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun, the level of civic sanitation has failed to improve to the desired level.
Many areas are not covered efficiently by the Doon Valley Waste Management company contracted for door to door collection of garbage and its disposal. Though waste is segregated at the source, the biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste is dumped together. The company is short of staff and vehicles which is affecting civic sanitation work in the State capital.
Complaints received by public representatives and information procured by Making a Difference (MAD) group under Right to Information Act have revealed that only a part of the total waste generated in the city is collected and disposed daily.
The information procured through RTI Act also revealed that the MCD has no concrete policy for assessing the work of Doon Valley Waste Management company.
Apart from this public representatives point out that 60 small vehicles are needed to collect and dispose waste from 60 municipal wards whereas at present there are only 40 vehicles.
While the company needs at least 10 mini trucks, it has only three. It is worth mentioning here that the Doon Valley Waste Management company has been contracted for door to door collection of garbage as part of the solid waste management project being executed with Rs 24.6 crore under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
However, its work has elicited complaints since the start of its operations in Dehradun. Citizens complain that the company does not collect garbage from homes in various localities.
It is short of staff and resources which prevents the desired level of civic sanitation from being facilitated in town. The Urban Development minister Pritam Singh Panwar is expected to chair a meet with officials concerned on this issue on Monday.