Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) Speaker Sanjay Shrivastava along with his supporters took part in a cleanliness drive and cleared huge quantity of garbage from Maharshi Valmiki Ward on Friday.
Shrivastava was accompanied by representatives of Non-governmental-organizations (NGO) and residents of the respective wards carried out the drive. The Speaker, while taking note of the pathetic sanitation condition prevailing in various wards reprimanded the officers of Kivar Company and asked them to ensure regular cleaning of drains.
He also asked the RMC officials to impose a fine on Kivar Company if again found failing to keep the wards clean. Targetting RMC Mayor Dr Kiranmayee Nayak, he said, it is the failure of Mayor and member of Mayor-in-Council that sanitation condition of entire city has become pitiable. Because of non-cleaning of drains dangerous diseases like Cholera, Malaria and Jaundice are gripping the residents of Raipur, he alleged.
“Seeing the attitude of Mayor we had to undertaken ward cleanliness drive,” Shrivastava stated, adding, in this drive about half a dozen localities which include Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Aman Nagar, Khamhardih, Riddhi Siddhi Nagar and others were cleaned. According to Shrivastava, machines were deployed to undertake cleaning work and for proper disposal of used water, directives have been given to construct drains in the areas which lack them.