In a bid to provide clean and tidy environment during Diwali and Chath Puja Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) held its board meeting on Wednesday. The municipal committee’s board has taken several measures during the meeting to provide clean and purity full environment for the Puja devotees of the State Capital. Addressing media persons Ranchi Mayor Asha Lakra said that the municipal committee will increase numbers of vehicles to manage the filth.
“It was decided during the meeting that one JCB machine will be deployed in each ward of RMC to manage the filth before the festival at the same time 10 sweepers will be deployed in each wards with special instruction to keep the city clean and pure,” she added.
A special cleanliness drive will be started for all ponds falls under the municipal body’s geographical area because devotees observe Chatha Puja with full of purity, said Lakra. “A special cleanliness drive will be started from tomorrow so that all major and important markets of the city could be clean,” she added.
“Single used Plastic is issue on which talks are going on in entire Country. For effective management of Plastic waste materials the municipal body brought a plan and a discussion was held during the meeting on the issue for effectively management of single used Plastic materials. On building waste materials the civic body has also brought plan for its effective management and its utility after recycling the wastages at the same time the Board Committee also discussed during the meeting that wastage of horticulture products should be used properly,” said Lakra.
The Ranchi Mayor informed that it was decided during the meeting that the Civic Body will establish plant for recycling of building waste materials. It was also decided that RMC will establish a recycling plant for waste water which falls in Jhirri for its recycling of the water and make it to reuse, she added.