Ahead of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships, the Team Bhubaneswar comprising BDA, BMC and Smart City officials are on a mission mode to address civic issues.
Under the leadership of BMC Commissioner and BDA Vice-Chairman Dr Krishan Kumar, the team is on the job to address sanitation, encroachment, food safety, beautification, citizens connect and other basic civic issues like streetlight and storm water management.
The City Health Officer has been instructed to keep alert with his team of Sanitary Inspectors to ensure proper cleanliness. Adequate number of dustbins has been placed in and around the Kalinga Stadium where the mega event is scheduled. In some places road sweeping and cleaning shall be done twice a day instead of once.
For ensuring food safety five squads have been formed including one mobile squad. On Sunday around one quintal of stale food was destroyed in North and East Zone of BMC.
The foot paths in major parts of the capital city are totally free of encroachment as the joint eviction squad of BMC and BDA has undertaken a massive drive against illegal encroachment. Gates of Kalinga Stadium and nearby places which were encroached by a number of individuals have been cleared.
A team of engineers under the guidance of BMC City Engineer is on 24x7 duties to address any kind of emergency situation including street light issues and storm water management.
BMC Commissioner Kumar has requested all the officers and staff to make the mega event a success and to act as team which would bring honour and glory for the State and the nation as well.