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Special gangs to keep city clean
AS THE tenure of the elected body of the Nagar Nigam (NN) ends on February 12, the civic administration has once again started taking up various plans before the district magistrate takes over the charge of NN as administrator.
AS THE tenure of the elected body of the Nagar Nigam (NN) ends on February 12, the civic administration has once again started taking up various plans before the district magistrate takes over the charge of NN as administrator.
To recall, the district magistrate in his short span of tenure as administrator prior to Allahabad High Court order, in December had taken a strong note of insanitary conditions in the city.
Consequently, this time the NN administration does not want any laxity in maintaining sanitation of the city. Nagar Swasthya Adhikari Dr PK Singh said that special gangs comprising of 20 persons each have been formed to look after the cleanliness in the city area.
These special gangs will be deployed in Chowk, Muthiganj and Civil Lines localities for 4 pm to 8 pm to keep clean the area apart from the routine work by regular safai karmcharis. These gangs have been instructed to remove any garbage found on the roads during the fixed timing.
Meanwhile axe may fall on over a dozen sanitation supervisors of Allahabad Nagar Nigam owing to their laxity towards the job. The administrator Amrit Abhijat had made up his mood in December itself to take action against erring safai karmcharis after finding sanitary conditions apathetic during his consecutive inspection of different localities. He had already expressed his dissatisfaction over the existing situation to the Municipal Commissioner and Health Officer. Sources said that NN has now prepared itself to take action against nearly a dozen safai nayaks considering their non-performance.
NN has also resolved to clean the main roads of every ward in the city by engaging two teams of 40 safai karmcharis each between 6 am and 2 pm. This drive would continue till Holi, said Dr PK Singh. New tenders are likely to be invited by the NN administration to appoint safai karmchari on the contractual basis.
Meanwhile, NN launched its anti-encroachment drive on Jawaharlal Nehru Road on Friday morning and removed nearly one dozen gumties from Balson crossing to Railway viaduct.
On the other side Safai Karmcharis under the banner of Allahabad Nagar Nigam Safai Mazdoor Union staged a demonstration at Nagar Nigam here on Friday demanding settlement of their long standing demands. They said that if their demands were not met soon they would go on indefinite strike.
