Chandigarh, May 21
Thanks to the ‘inefficiency’ of Municipal Corporation officials, the city's major projects and crucial bylaws framed to regulate the dumping of debris will probably see the light of the day only during the next tenure of the General House slated to begin in January 2012.
Several rounds of discussion have been held and action-taken reports on the status of the projects have been tabled on the floor of the House but without action. It is not only the residents who are being devoid of better amenities, municipal councillors too are facing the heat due to non-completion of the development projects in the election year.
If one goes by the minutes of the meetings held over the last one-and-a-half-year, five major projects comprising allocation of an air-conditioned fish market, the construction of mahila bhawan, implementation of the global positioning system, allocation of land for e-waste disposal and the issue of imposing of the malba bylaws have only remained on the discussion table.
Current status: In all, 12 booths of three different categories varying from 22.75 square yards and 25.37 square yards for the retail shopkeepers and 47.25 square yards for the wholesalers and one of 380.2 square feet chill room was constructed at considerable expense. The MC has twice tried to auction these shops but there have been no takers due to its high reserve price. Now, the MC recently decided to allot it on lease.
Thanks to the ‘inefficiency’ of Municipal Corporation officials, the city's major projects and crucial bylaws framed to regulate the dumping of debris will probably see the light of the day only during the next tenure of the General House slated to begin in January 2012.
Several rounds of discussion have been held and action-taken reports on the status of the projects have been tabled on the floor of the House but without action. It is not only the residents who are being devoid of better amenities, municipal councillors too are facing the heat due to non-completion of the development projects in the election year.
If one goes by the minutes of the meetings held over the last one-and-a-half-year, five major projects comprising allocation of an air-conditioned fish market, the construction of mahila bhawan, implementation of the global positioning system, allocation of land for e-waste disposal and the issue of imposing of the malba bylaws have only remained on the discussion table.
Fish market allotment
Current status: MC authorities have failed to notify the rules for its execution in the city which were approved last year. In fact, in 2009, on the recommendation of MC councillors, a special committee was constituted to draft a stringent act against the violators as the existing act had many loopholes.
The committee met three years ago and submitted a 13-point recommendation to the UT Administration. But so far, the committee has not received any response from the administration. A committee was constituted on handling e-waste with nominated councillor Arshad Khan as chairman along with a member each from the MC, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Board, the UT Administration and an NGO.
Current status: Both the UT Administration and the MC have failed to reach a conclusion as to who is to deal with the e-waste, due to which no by-laws had been framed about this important task till date.
Current status: The report has not been tabled in the House for discussion till date.
Current status: The chief engineer claimed that by next week, work would start as the fresh design of the building has been given to a contractor.
Purpose: In 2007, the UT Administration proposed to construct an air-conditioned fish market as a majority of fish vendors in the city are doing their business in unhygienic condition from temporary outlets where there is no provision of cutting, loading and unloading fish. As per a survey conducted by the medical health department, about 50 quintals of fish is consumed in the city everyday during winter and 20 quintals during summer. Keeping this in view, the UT Administration constructed a fish market in Sector 41 and handed it over the MC for auctioning its shops last year. Malba and debris bylaws
Purpose: In August 2010, the General House of the MC had approved the draft of fresh rules proposed by the malba committee to deal sternly with violators of the disposal of construction material. The House approved the proposal that if any owner or occupier of the construction site dumped malba or construction material on the roadside, the MC would, at first, impose a fine of Rs 1,500 along with directions to ensure its removal within 72 hours. If the violator does not remove the construction material in three days, then the fine imposed will be enhanced to Rs 5,000 until the occupier removed the construction material or malba from the site. Any person caught red handed throwing malba in any other area, he or she would be charged a penalty of Rs 10,000, which would be added to the water bill of the concerned occupier. Current status: MC authorities have failed to notify the rules for its execution in the city which were approved last year. In fact, in 2009, on the recommendation of MC councillors, a special committee was constituted to draft a stringent act against the violators as the existing act had many loopholes.
E-waste disposal
Purpose: In 2007, a joint committee comprising officials from the UT Administration and the MC had been constituted to work out modalities on how to dispose of or manage e-waste. But it seems that it has been shelved as no action has been taken on it till date. The committee met three years ago and submitted a 13-point recommendation to the UT Administration. But so far, the committee has not received any response from the administration. A committee was constituted on handling e-waste with nominated councillor Arshad Khan as chairman along with a member each from the MC, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Board, the UT Administration and an NGO.
Current status: Both the UT Administration and the MC have failed to reach a conclusion as to who is to deal with the e-waste, due to which no by-laws had been framed about this important task till date.
Global Positioning System committee
Purpose: In 2009, a special committee was constituted by the MC General House to work out the modalities of GPS and draft bylaws for its execution. The House had suggested that by-laws should be drafted by the committee on how the GPS system could be executed in the MC. The committee recommended that a GPS system could help in carrying out a detail mapping of the city. Current status: The report has not been tabled in the House for discussion till date.
Mahila bhawan
Purpose: The project was mooted to empower women and start various independent courses for girls to make them self-dependent. The construction of the bhawan commenced on February 14, 2011, but was held up as after seven months of allotment of work, authorities found that the approved design was not suitable for that site. Current status: The chief engineer claimed that by next week, work would start as the fresh design of the building has been given to a contractor.
Current status: In all, 12 booths of three different categories varying from 22.75 square yards and 25.37 square yards for the retail shopkeepers and 47.25 square yards for the wholesalers and one of 380.2 square feet chill room was constructed at considerable expense. The MC has twice tried to auction these shops but there have been no takers due to its high reserve price. Now, the MC recently decided to allot it on lease.
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