Cattle swap fodder for household waste on streets of Yamunanagar
Tall claims of the Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar-Jagadhri (MCYJ), lifting 245 metric tonne of garbage from the twin cities every day and disposing it off at the solid waste management plant, situated at Kail village of the district, have fallen flat after a number of streets were found filled with filth, heaps of garbage lying everywhere and stray cattle roaming the streets and feeding on household waste.
The rainy season has just begun and several drains are overflowing allegedly due to lack of proper cleaning.The MCYJ is also reeling under staff crunch. As per data of the MCYJ, it has only 648 employees associated with sanitation work against the sanctioned posts of 1,235 employees.
Out of the 648 employees, 396 are working in Yamunanagar and 252 in Jagadhri.
The residents of the twin cities have alleged that the cleanliness work was not being undertaken in their colonies regularly.They alleged that the sanitation workers coming to clean their colonies didn’t lift the garbage most of the time filth was strewn around emanating a foul smell.
It is also alleged that the regular cleaning work is done only in those colonies, where VIPs reside.
“Sanitation workers should undertake cleanliness work regularly and lift garbage from the streets,” said Anil Kumar, a resident of Yamunanagar.
The residents suggested that the cleanliness work should be outsourced to improve sanitation of the twin cities.They alleged that the drains were not cleaned properly on time, causing accumulation of rainwater in several areas of the twin cities.
Anil Nain, Chief Sanitary Inspector of the MCYJ said all efforts were being made to improve sanitation.
He said about 115 small tippers, 35-40 tractor-trailers and other machines were being used to lift garbage from door to door and garbage points.
“As many as 150 big dustbins were kept at different points in the twin cities in the past. These garbage points have been reduced now to 11. The removed garbage points have been beautified by placing flower pots,” said Nain.
Dheeraj Kumar, Additional Municipal Commissioner, said the areas of the twin cities were divided into three zones to improve sanitation in the twin cities.
He said besides focusing on the sanitation work, awareness campaigns were being run among people by roping in social organisations. The residents were told not to dispose of garbage in the open and in the drains.
He added that the people were being told to dispose of dry and wet garbage separately in the vehicles of the MCYJ coming door to door to collect waste.
“All should cooperate with the MCYJ teams to make the twin cities clean and beautiful. No one should throw garbage in the open and in drains. People should not encroach drains as it affects the water flow,” said AMC Dheeraj Kumar.
He said the new vehicles, equipment and machinery were also being purchased to improve sanitation.
“The MCYJ is taking a number of steps to make the twin cities clean and beautiful. It has recently purchased 15 new tractor-trailers. These will help in solving the problem of lifting garbage and improving sanitation here,” said Kumar.
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Haryana Tribune