District Magistrate Pauri Sushil Kumar has strictly instructed the executive officers of the local bodies spread over the district to take action against those found throwing garbage and other waste products in the public places and selling polythene.
He also asked them to inspect the mutton shops. He sounded annoyed over the absence of NRlM coordinator Jitendra Negi and issued show-cause notice against him. He was monitoring the progress of Prime Minister Aawas Yojana and reviewing things related to trenching ground, disposal of garbage and slaughter houses at a meeting attended by those representing the local bodies of the district in Pauri on Friday.
DM instructed the local bodies to make the wards free from open defecation latest October 2. He directed the local bodies of Pauri, Kotdwar, Srinagar, Diggada, Satpuli and Swarga Asharam to ensure that the garbage and waste products are disposed of rightly. He also said that the user charges should be increased in the wards to raise the income of the local bodies.
The DPR should be submitted immediately by the executive officers of Pauri and Srinagar’s nagar palikas on the slaughter houses and animal shelters located in the lands provided by the administration.
He further instructed Kotdwar Nagar Palika to remove all obstacles standing in the way of the expansion of kotdwar municipality’s jurisdiction. He also gave direction to ensure that things related to establishment of trenching grounds are speeded up. Chief development officer Vijay Jogdande was among those present at the meeting.