Mayor's dharna to protest lack of sanitation
4 July 2012 1:51 AM GMT
At a recent ground level inspection by the ruling BJP councillors, sanitary condition in Delhi was found to be wanting.
On Tuesday, the east Delhi mayor resorted to dharna in the scorching heat and summoned the commissioner to the spot while in another incident, the chairman of standing committee of south Delhi suspended four sanitation department officers. The councillors of all the three corporations, cutting across party lines, have expressed their concern several times and even raised the issue in the meetings of house and standing committees.
East Delhi mayor Annapuran Mishra said that she lost her as it was her second visit to New Ashok Nagar area. Earlier, she had directed the commissioner to take action against two officers. But when Mishra visit the same area on Tuesday, she found garbage dumped along the road side.
However, the commissioner expressed his inability to reach the spot and sent the deputy commissioner of the area to handle the situation.
It was only after the DC assured her proper work and stern action against errant officers that Mishra left the spot. ‘It is disgusting that the officers are not paying heed on our directions. I have directed the commissioner to take stern action,’ said Mishra. Later in the day commissioner of EDMC S S Yadav ordered action against the officers concerned. In the second incident, Rajesh Gehlot, chairman of standing committee in south Delhi, went on a surprise visit to his constituency.
‘I found that only 17 sanitation workers and officers out of the 70 employees were on duty. This is intolerable. Two assistant sanitary inspectors [ASI] has been suspended for dereliction of duty,’ said Gehlot. In his surprise visit to Kakroal, another constituency, he ordered suspension of an ASI and a sanitary assistant.
On Tuesday, the east Delhi mayor resorted to dharna in the scorching heat and summoned the commissioner to the spot while in another incident, the chairman of standing committee of south Delhi suspended four sanitation department officers. The councillors of all the three corporations, cutting across party lines, have expressed their concern several times and even raised the issue in the meetings of house and standing committees.
East Delhi mayor Annapuran Mishra said that she lost her as it was her second visit to New Ashok Nagar area. Earlier, she had directed the commissioner to take action against two officers. But when Mishra visit the same area on Tuesday, she found garbage dumped along the road side.
However, the commissioner expressed his inability to reach the spot and sent the deputy commissioner of the area to handle the situation.
It was only after the DC assured her proper work and stern action against errant officers that Mishra left the spot. ‘It is disgusting that the officers are not paying heed on our directions. I have directed the commissioner to take stern action,’ said Mishra. Later in the day commissioner of EDMC S S Yadav ordered action against the officers concerned. In the second incident, Rajesh Gehlot, chairman of standing committee in south Delhi, went on a surprise visit to his constituency.
‘I found that only 17 sanitation workers and officers out of the 70 employees were on duty. This is intolerable. Two assistant sanitary inspectors [ASI] has been suspended for dereliction of duty,’ said Gehlot. In his surprise visit to Kakroal, another constituency, he ordered suspension of an ASI and a sanitary assistant.
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