Addl Commissioner of Garhwal and ex-officio director of local body, Harak Singh Rawat instructed all executive officers of municipal councils and Nagar Panchayats to speed up the collection of user charges, action on penalties and serve notices against those not giving users charges.
He issued these instructions in a meeting held in the commissioner’s meeting hall at regional headquarter Pauri on the weekend.Rawat expressed dissatisfaction at the absence of the executive officers and directed officials concerned to withhold the salary of executive officers of Nagar Panchayats of Jonk, Gangotri and municipal council of Munikireti for not attending the meeting. Rawat stressed that the garbage should be dumped in the trenching ground and door to door collection of the garbage should be ensured for the disposal in trenching ground.
One vehicle should be kept in every local body and demand proposal for vehicle should be sent to the local member of legislative assembly. He said that those local bodies which have not prepared the penalty book, should prepare it immediately. To improve the collection of the users charge, the penalty should be imposed on those throwing garbage, not giving garbage for door to door collection and not giving users charges.
legal action should also be ensure for recovery of the penalty amount with the help of the sub divisional magistrate, Tehsildar and police station officer, added Rawat.
The ex-officio director of local body, Rawat said that the local bodies could increase their income by framing policy on advertisement hoardings.
For the disposal of garbage, Rawat stressed that the efforts should be made to purchase vehicle under the 14th finance commission.