The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) started a special cleanliness drive in the city. The drive covers cleaning of garbage along with big and small drains and imposing fines on the use of banned polythene. Municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey stated the major busy points of the city will be cleaned first.
He said, “Busy points in the city like Clock Tower and Rajpur Road are our main priorities and cleanliness is being done regularly. The cleanliness drive also covers the drains in various areas and cleanliness near the road. I also want to make it clear that though we are calling it a special cleanliness drive, it will be undertaken regularly. We are appointing at least 10 workers on every busy road which will be checked by the supervisors regularly,” he said.
The drive will start from Clock Tower to Ballupur Chowk, Mokhampur to Rispana Bridge. From Rispana to ISBT, ISBT to Saharanpur Road, GMS Road, from Ballupur Chowk to Premnagar area. One tractor trolley and 10 workers have been deputed for each area.