Congressmen gherao MNA on sanitation woes

DEHRADUN: Congress corporators todayled by MLA Dinesh Aggarwal today gheraoed Chief Municipal Officer (MNA) and gave him 15 days ultimatum to address the deteriorating sanitation condition in Doon.
It has become difficult for local corporators to face their electorate since the sanitation work has come to a standstill in protest against ‘shabby treatment’ meted out to them. The corporators from Congress also claimed that the Nigam Administration was showing bias against the Congress corporators’ constituencies. The protest was led by Congress MLA Dinesh Aggarwal who claimed that the sanitation workers did not have enough and proper equipment to carry out cleaning work properly.  As a result, the condition of roads and drains was deteriorating day by the day. Even street lights were not functioning well due to which people were facing problems while the development work was in full swing in wards of BJP corporators.
He complained that it was taking a long time in getting an NOC from Nagar Nigam while it was promised by the government on the floor of Vidhan Sabha that NOCs would be provided within a week’s time. He added that development work had come to halt due to non issual of fresh tenders. Congressmen gave an ultimatum of 15 days to deal with the issues raised by them.  MNA assured them that CFL lamps and 150watt bulbs would be provided for street lightning and sanitation equipments too would be provided soon.