Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 6: While reacting to the results of the Swachh Bharat Survey conducted by the Government of India wherein Jammu city has ranked at 251 place and Srinagar at 241, BJP State spokesperson, Prof Virender Gupta said that responsibility should be fixed for fall out of Jammu in Swachh ranking.
Prof Virender said that people at the helm of affairs including the Chief Minister, concerned Ministers, head of the concerned departments including the VCs of Development Authorities and the Commissioners of Corporations need to do introspection.
He said that people of Jammu and Kashmir have pinned their hopes on the State Government which had made promise to make the cities of Jammu and Srinagar as among the model cities of the country. It looks that the concerned authorities had not made efforts that were needed and remained sluggish in the operation and implementation of the projects those were required to be executed.
“More than 10 years have passed since the sewerage project was initiated in Jammu, but it has not achieved even 20% of its target. The projects under ERA are also moving with very slow pace. The Municipal Corporation is known for its inefficiency. There are garbage dumps lying throughout the city and no regularity is maintained in cleaning the drains and streets of the city”, he said, adding, the project of wastage management envisaged about 15 years back is still in the pipe line.
Gupta added that no special efforts are being made to make Tawi free of polluted water and at present more than 80 per cent of the city drainage falls in the Tawi River. He asked the concerned authorities to fix the targets of various works needed to be done in making Jammu and Srinagar as model cities and get these executed in a time bound manner.
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