The Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC), unlike previous year, is going to celebrate its 151st year as Self-Governance Day on August 31 here.
This was decided in a special meeting of the BeMC held here on Saturday last. The BeMC decided to go for a mega clean drive with an aim to make 30 wards completely free from public defecation or fecal waste. Among other things, the BeMC decided to lay the foundation as well as inauguration of 27 citizen-friendly projects to mark the event.
For the first time, the urban body has decided to implement Integrated Traffic Control System (ITCS) for which the tender process will start within a day or two, sources said. The ITCS will be implemented by the BeMC at an estimated cost of Rs 1 crore, sources said.
In the first phase of its implementation, the BMC will identify five strategic traffic posts on experimental basis where new traffic signal light with integrated camera, speed sensors and motion sensors will be installed which will help detect irrational driving, high- speed driving, and people who drive without helmets.
The meeting, among other things, also decided to instal water ATMs in three different strategic locations in the city to provide safe drinking water to the denizens. The BeMC has also reportedly identified five strategic locations to instal ground dustbin system to make the drainage system function smooth.
The meeting was presided over by BeMC Mayor K Madhavi. BeMC Commissioner Chakravarty Singh Rathore spoke.
It was also decided that film celebrity Jarin Khan and Bollywood singer Binod Rathore would deliver their performance to mark the event. These two celebrities would move around the city to see the different measures taken by the BeMC. The BeMC has reportedly decided to instal five public toilets and five community toilets in different strategic places in 30 selected wards.
Corporator Surendra Maharana demanded for early implementation
“Mahaprayan” scheme. Among others, Deputy Mayor Joshna Nayak, Health Officer Dr Prakash Chandra Mahapatra, Corporators Ashok Shukla, Dandapani Nayak, Anil Nayak, P Asharani, Mamata Bisoyi, R Murali Mohan, Rakesh Sahu, Biren Pattnaik were present.