Mayor: Negligence of solid waste management firm won’t be tolerated

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 20

Senior officials of the Municipal Corporation held a review meeting with health wing official and representatives of solid waste management company Averda. During the meeting, they briefed on sanitation and waste management in their allotted areas and Chief Sanitary Inspectors of the Health Department discussed the difficulties being faced by them.

Addressing the meeting, Mayor Karamjit Singh said, “City’s sanitation system and timely garbage collection is an important responsibility of the MC. There are some shortcomings that need to be rectified for proper sanitation”.

He said that if there was any negligence on the part of the solid waste management company, the sanitary officers should report it to their competent authority so that appropriate action can be taken against the company.

The Mayor said that the MC was committed to provide proper sanitation to the people of the city and efforts were being made to regularise garbage collection. The MC is making every effort to keep the city green and clean. He said that in order to maintain cleanliness, modern machines worth crores of rupees have been deployed on the city streets, which should be monitored regularly and the major roads of the city should be kept clean.

Health Officers Dr Ajay Kanwar and Dr Yogesh Arora, chief sanitary inspector of the group and representatives of Avatar Company were present in the meeting.