The Haridwar District Magistrate Deepak Rawat chaired a meeting to review the district road safety committee and flagship schemes of the government of India at the collectorate here on Monday. The district magistrate directed the the salary of executive officers of four municipal councils be withheld for their absence in the meeting and unsatisfactory work in the prime minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Swachchh Bharat mission.
Addressing officials of the transport department, the district magistrate sought information about the works being undertaken to ensure observance of the traffic regulations in the district. The district regional transport officer informed Rawat that the driving licenses of four persons had been cancelled after they were found using the mobile phone while driving. Rawat directed officials to ensure that high security number plates are put up on all the different types of vehicles in the district. He also directed the additional district magistrate (administration) Abhishek Tripathi to take action for cancelling license of vehicles found parked in the service lane in the SIIDCUl area and providing prior information to the company managers regarding this.
The district magistrate said that the companies should ensure that necessary arrangements are made for parking these vehicles within the area limits of the companies. He further directed that vehicles used for transport school children should also be operated in accordance with the regulations. He directed the ADM to issue notice to the BHEl for installation of direction boards on all the intersections located within the limits of BHEl here.Regarding the potholes on national highway 58, he directed the national highways officials to provide information about the work done on this issue. Chairing another meet, the district magistrate reviewed execution of the government of India schemes for urban development. He sought information about the various works being undertaken by the municipal bodies for ending open defecation, door to door collection of garbage, maintaining civic sanitation and other relevant aspects. For their absence, the DM directed withholding of salaries till further orders, of the executive officers of Jhabreda municipal council, Shivaliknagar, laksar and Bhagwanpur. Expressing dissatisfaction at information regarding Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Swachchh Bharat Mission from the Haridwar municipal corporation, the district magistrate himself telephoned the Haridwar municipal commissioner and directed the official to personally inform about the progress on these fronts.