Negligence and encroachments hinder monsoon prep in Lko
:The Lucknow Municipal Company’s (LMC) preparations for the monsoon have confronted main delays. Drain cleansing continues to be incomplete in lots of areas. Unlawful encroachments are additionally making the work troublesome. In response, municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar held a number of inspections throughout essential zones on Friday. He pulled up the officers for poor work and gave strict orders to repair the issues shortly, based on an LMC press launch.
The inspections coated zone 7, together with areas like Indira Nagar, and zone 3, which contains Nirala Nagar, Aliganj, and Jankipuram. Throughout his go to in sector C in Jankipuram (zone 3), the commissioner expressed critical dissatisfaction with the prevailing sanitation situations. He discovered that again lanes had been blocked and drains had been left unattended.
Holding the sanitation and meals inspector (SFI) accountable, he ordered the withholding of their wage and directed the zonal sanitation officer (ZSO) to make sure a radical clean-up with out additional delay.
In Khurram Nagar, encroachments close to a serious intersection had been discovered to be obstructing drain cleansing. Performing upon complaints raised by the native councillor, Kumar instructed the engineering and enforcement groups to clear all such blockages earlier than the onset of the rains and expedite the desilting of drains.
Whereas inspecting sector C of Indira Nagar (zone 7), residents knowledgeable the commissioner {that a} personal particular person was amassing ₹150 monthly for rubbish assortment. Kumar instantly ordered an investigation and instructed officers to make sure that municipal waste assortment autos cowl each family. Throughout his go to to sector 14 of Indira Nagar, residents gave beneficial suggestions concerning door-to-door waste assortment. Nonetheless, the commissioner directed the Sanitation and Meals Inspector to ensure that desilted waste is cleared promptly and never left by the roadside.
The difficulty of encroachments resurfaced on the Mahanagar Metro Station space, the place Kumar instructed the on-duty civil engineer to take away all unauthorised constructions blocking drain pathways and restore correct circulate forward of the rains.
At sector-O in Aliganj, the commissioner urged the chief civil engineer to speed up drain cleansing efforts and cling to all deadlines.
Commissioner Kumar was accompanied by extra municipal commissioners Lalit Kumar and Namrata Singh, chief civil engineer Mahesh Verma, chief engineer (electrical and mechanical) Manoj Prabhat, and different senior officers throughout the inspections.
