The people of district headquarter Pauri and the adjoining nine villages within the jurisdiction of Pauri Municipal Council vented anger over what they alleged dismal performance of the Municipal Council president Yashpal Benam at Pauri on Tuesday.
The people of the town, members of different organisations and villagers residing in the neighbourhood of Pauri town staged a rally against the Municipal Council president, saying that he had done nothing to address the serious problem of garbage and waste products being dumped indiscriminately in the residential parts of Pauri.
A memorandum served by Nau Gram Vikash Samiti addressed to the District Magistrate was received by the Sub District Magistrate Pl Shah. The memorandum was signed by the outfit’s president Kalam Singh, vice-president Kailash Rawat and general secretary Sumant Singh Negi.
The protestors announced that if the municipal council fails to ensure garbage disposal in the right fashion by Sunday, they would embark on relay hunger strike.
This might be followed by market shutdown and in case even this fails to evoke the correct response from the council they would go for fast unto death, the agitators warned. The protestors demanded the district administration take strong action against Municipal Council for throwing the town in the grip of epidemic.
The rally started from Ramlila ground, snaked through Upper Bazar, Agency, Mall Road, bus station, Dhara Road and ended at the collectorate premises.
President, Business Association Rajendra Rawat threatened that the relay hunger strike will be started from Monday against the indifferent attitude of Municipal Council president towards the problem.
Former president Municipal Council, Ganesh Negi stressed that the sanitation work and the disposal of garbage are among the prime duties of the council. But instead of solving the problems, Municipal Council president keeps squandering away public funds on things which are of no use to the residents, he added. Congress and BJP leaders also participated in the demonstration.
They included Matber Singh Negi, Ganesh Negi, Kailsh David, Vinod Sachdeva, Kamal Kishore Rawat, Virendra Kashyap, Bhagwan Verma and Ram Dayal Singh Rana.