Minister of Urban Development Department of Rajasthan Srichand Kriplani along with officials of his department visited Indore on Friday. They were informed about various steps taken by Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) to maintain cleanliness in the city.
On their visit Kriplani met Mayor Malini laxman Singh Gaud and IMC Commissioner Manish Singh here on Friday. During the meeting Mayor informed Kriplani and Jain about the steps taken by IMC.
Notably, Jaipur Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ravi Jain also visited the city and was accompanied by his team. The team members included Mukesh Meena, Karni Singh, Vinod Purohit, Om Prakash Kala, Atul Sharma and Alok Shrivastava.
While discussing about various points, Mayor Malini laxman Singh Gaud informed about the schemes launched by IMC for maintaining cleanliness in the city. Through a power point presentation Mayor explained about door-to-door garbage collection, spot fine and segregation of wet and dry garbage.
Further regular awareness campaigns are carried out to remind the citizens about these schemes and to encourage them to be a part of the cleanliness drive, she added.
Mayor Gaud also informed that with the support of public representatives awareness about open defecation is spread among citizens to make the city free from it.
The team from Rajasthan was also informed about the revenue. Mayor Gaud informed that the IMC receives total revenue of Rs 450 crores.
Over this the team from Rajasthan informed that they have total revenue of Rs 200 crores.
Addressing the meeting, Srichand Kriplani said that he was shocked to hear that Indore is ranked as the cleanest city of India.