Haryana Chief Secretary, TVSN Prasad said that the state government is committed to ensuring cleanliness and a strong drainage system in Gurugram city.
Besides this, the number of sanitation vehicles will be increased for door-to-door garbage collection, assured by Prasad while holding meeting with eminent citizens of Gurugram city on Sunday.Prasad directed the formation of a three-member committee in the meeting, which will set standards for sanitation vehicles to collect door-to-door garbage.Subsequently, Gurugram Municipal Corporation (MCG) will issue a public advertisement. Under this, any agency, RWA, institution, or any individual provides a vehicle of prescribed capacity along with a driver to the municipal corporation for door-to-door garbage collection, it will be paid on a monthly basis as per the rate fixed by the committee.
The Chief Secretary said that these vehicles must have GPS installed so that their location can be continuously tracked, with their link made available in the public domain for citizens' information.The minimum service period for vehicles used in this work in the city will be set for at least three years.
The number of vehicles collecting indoor-to-door garbage in Gurugram city should be up to one thousand, said Prasad.The Chief Secretary also took note of the problem of waterlogging during the rains in Gurugram city and obtained information from officers regarding arrangements for drainage and cleaning of drains.He said that if any agency mishandles drainage cleaning work, action will be taken against it.In the meeting, Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav informed that 112 critical points prone to waterlogging have been identified in the district, and IAS, HCS, and other senior officials have been assigned duty to monitor these locations.Municipal Commissioner, Dr Narhari Singh Bangar stated that in Gurugram city, four major and nearly 600 kilometres of smaller drains are used for drainage work.
Tenders have already been issued for cleaning all drains, and cleaning work is underway.In this regard, the Chief Secretary directed to assign an SDO or other officer on duty every 10 to 20 kilometres of drain length, who will report on the daily progress of cleaning work. Action will be taken against any agency found mishandling this work.