With ‘Swachchh Survekshan 2020’ beginning from January 4, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) is striving to make the city clean. Initiatives of planting flowering plants are also being taken for the beautification of certain areas
Deputy Municipal Commissioner Shankar Yadav chaired a meeting with a group of representatives of nurseries and plant shops on Friday in Ranchi.
“The city belongs to all the residents of Ranchi and keeping this in mind RMC is trying to involve the stakeholders for the cleanliness and beautification of the city. For this nursery owners and vendors have been involved to plant flowering plants in certain areas across the City,” said Yadav.
The civic body has asked the nursery owners to decide on the number of plants they can contribute for the city.
All the nurseries involved- big and small come under the area of RMC.
“Areas will be identified by both RMC and the vendors where these plants will be kept. Even if the number of plants given by the vendors is not much, it will still be a great step for the adornment of the City. The basic motto of this initiative is to promote cleanliness in and around Ranchi,” said Yadav.
The vendors have been asked to give a list of the number of plants along with the areas identified by them to the civic body by Monday so that further action can be taken on the same. The areas may include slums of Hatma in ward number 2 and Gungutoli in ward 15 among others.
RMC is also taking this step to stop people from dumping garbage just randomly anywhere.
“At crossings and busy market areas, it is seen that people generally throw trash anywhere. So if flowering plants will be kept in those places, it will not only to the beauty of the place but also prevent the public from littering,” added the official. The meeting was attended by City Manager Rupesh Ranjan, zonal supervisors, ward supervisors along with nursery owners.