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Monday, Oct 25, 2004

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Bungling in sanitation work alleged

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, OCT. 24. Alleging large-scale fraud in the name of cleaning drains and removal of garbage in the city, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Municipal Councillor, Vijender Kumar Gupta, has demanded a high-level inquiry into the entire process where crores of rupees are being spent annually.

According to Mr. Gupta, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi ((MCD) had failed to clean all the drains, particularly those stretches that pass through urbanised villages, resettlement colonies and slum clusters, while in several colonies garbage was not being removed on a daily basis.

On this entire civic works, the MCD spends crores of rupees every year but the ground reality was that work was being done only on papers and residents were being forced to live in unhealthy and unhygienic environment, he alleged.

Stating that over seven lakh metric tonnes of garbage was being generated in the Capital daily, Mr. Gupta said though the MCD organised its "annual ritual" of week-long sanitation drive from October 14, it was nothing but a farce where leaders of ruling Congress used the event for getting their pictures published in newspapers. On ground, the situation was deteriorating further, he added.

The BJP leader also alleged that the projects like introduction of twin bin system for garbage segregation, purchase of new trucks and loaders and enhancing the capacity of landfill sites was being carried out only on papers. Public money was being swindled in the name of cleanliness drives and beautification of the city, he said, demanding a probe into the matter.

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