Mayor inspects sewerage work

Mayor inspects sewerage work

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, June 25

After being apprised of several complaints regarding sewerage, Mayor Jagdish Raja along with Pawan Kumar, chairman of water supply and sewerage disposal ad hoc committee, councillor Bunty Neelkanth, Xen Harmesh Lal and other officers visited different wards in the north constituency to assess the conditions.

The chairman asked the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) branch officials to show the machinery and equipments used for cleaning sewers in the city.

In Sarabha Nagar and Santokhpura, the members accompanied by area councillor Reena Kaur checked on desilting being done with a new machine. Meanwhile, they also visited Bhagat Singh Colony along with councillors Deepak Sharda and Vicky Kalia.

However, a faulty sewer was found upon a visit to Saipur road and Kali Mata Mandir road in the industrial area. Following this, the officers were directed to prepare an estimate for laying a sewer line there. Also, a decision to prepare an estimate for laying sewer lines in different areas was also taken. “O&M branch officers have been instructed to be in touch with the ward councillors on a daily basis and will promptly act on complaints of sewers in different areas of the city,” Kumar was quoted as saying.