WHAT OFFICIALS SAY

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Deputy commissioner, Ghanshyam Thori says Jalandhar city has improved its rankings in Swachh Survekshan 2020, which is a matter of satisfaction. “To get into the top 100, I have asked municipal corporation authorities to work on the static compactor which will deal with garbage disposal of four or five wards. View cutters have to be set up, too,” says Thori.

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Mayor Jagdish Raja asks for people’s co-operation first to improve rankings in Swachh Survekshan and to keep the city clean as segregation of waste material is not being done. “We have been able to run the Nangal Shama area’s solid waste plant, because of which the Rama Mandi zone will stay clean,”he adds. On the lack of civic development, Raja says, “we have floated tenders of ₹35 crore for the roads and ₹45 crore for the LED light project and have adequate funds for development.” Work on roads has been delayed due to the lockdown, Raja adds.

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Municipal corporation commissioner Karnesh Sharma says work is continuing on segregation of waste material in an organised manner. E-rickshaws will also be provided to the waste collectors. “We have floated tenders for the bioremediation plant to clear the Wariana dump in the next three years. About 5,000 new saplings will be planted for greening the city.” Two sewage treatment plants of 50 and 15 MLD (millions of litres per day) are also being installed, he adds. Institutional composting pits will be dug for disposal of wet waste in defence services campuses, big colonies, hotels and resorts to process the waste at zero point. On potholed and damaged roads, Sharma says the MC will continue repair work, “but we will build all the roads in the next three months.”