MLA Grewal, MC Chief issue strict directions to resolve issues concerning residents in time bound manner; MLA and MC Chief to conduct field inspections to ensure cleanliness 

Ludhiana, November 6, 2024: With an aim to facilitate the residents at large and ensure cleanliness across the constituency, Ludhiana East MLA Daljit Singh Bhola Grewal and Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal conducted a meeting with officials of different branches of civic body in MC Zone B office near Shingar Cinema on Wednesday.
 
Strict directions were issued to the concerned officials to ensure cleanliness, regular cleaning of sewer lines, replacing damaged manhole covers, action against illegal constructions and encroachments, fogging, repairing roads etc. The officials have been directed to resolve the issues in a time bound manner to avoid departmental action.

Joint Commissioner-cum-Zonal Commissioner (Zone A) Chetan Bunger, Assistant Commissioner-cum-Zonal Commissioner (Zone B) Neeraj Jain, Chief Engineer Ravinder Garg, Corporation Sanitation Officer (CSO) Ashwani Sahota, Superintending Engineer (SE) Sham Lal Gupta, ATP MS Bedi, ATP Davinder Singh among other officials were present in the meeting.

MLA Grewal and MC Commissioner Dachalwal also issued directions to ensure regular lifting of garbage from secondary dump sites and the contractor has been directed to share pictures of cleared dump sites on a daily basis. Penalties would be imposed if the contractor failed to clear the dump sites on a daily basis. 

MLA Grewal and MC Commissioner Dachalwal directed the officials to move to the field and ensure cleanliness in all the wards. Attendance of the sweepers should be checked to ensure regular sweeping. They stated that surprise inspections would also be conducted by them in the coming days.

Discussions were also held to construct road on the other side of Buddha nullah and to replace the old sewer lines in different areas of the constituency for resolving the issue of sewer lines choking frequently. 

Further MLA Grewal also directed the officials to ensure good quality patch work on damaged roads. The officials have also been directed to keep a check on the quality of manhole covers so that they should not receive frequent complaints of broken manhole covers. 

MLA Grewal and MC Commissioner Dachalwal said that they would personally be monitoring the situation to ensure cleanliness and no laxity would be tolerated in terms of works concerning the residents.

Dachalwal said that a city wide drive has already been launched to ensure cleanliness and the authorities have also been directed to check the attendance of sweepers on a daily basis.