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Chandigarh: AAP councillors seek data on waste management study tour costs
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors have sought records of money spent in the last 12 years on study tours related to the waste dumping ground and have demanded an agenda on Dadumajra dumping ground in the coming House meeting
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors have sought records of money spent in the last 12 years on study tours related to the waste dumping ground and have demanded an agenda on Dadumajra dumping ground in the coming House meeting.
In a letter to the mayor Sarabjit Kaur, the councillors wrote, “There is an imminent threat to the health and lives of the citizens living in Dadu Majra, Dhanas and the adjoining areas because of the violation of laws/rules/norms by the Medical Officer Health, Municipal Corporation, and the Chandigarh Administration.”
They further alleged that MoH/MC spent crores of taxpayers’ money on study tours with the stated objective of “learning waste management”, but no data is available on the cost/impact with either the accounts team nor the MC.
“It is imperative that the MC should stop spending more money on broken machines & corrupt practices related to SWM,” they added.
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