Cleaning of Budda Nullah seems to be topping the
priority list of the local municipal corporation. To clean huge dumps
of garbage on both sides of the nullah, authorities have purchased
five new tippers and a JCB loader, which will lift more than 50,000
cubic foot of garbage near the nullah in coming days.
Giving details about the working of machines,
Senior Deputy Mayor Parveen Bansal told The Tribune that the
corporation was committed to clean the nullah. But for this, the
cooperation of all segments of society was required.
In an effort to do the best on their part, the
corporation had specially purchased the machines worth Rs 78 lakh to
lift the garbage. Besides, machines worth Rs 2.22 crore were being
purchased for the entire city before March 31.
“The corporation has always been in short of
such machinery. Be it health, Tehbazari wing or B and R, work always
suffered due to the non-availability of these machines. With more
machines being added, the working will be streamlined in all these
departments”, said Bansal. He added that the garbage of nullah would
be dumped into the Jainpur dump, which was 10 km away on the Hambran
Road.
Hem Raj Aggarwal, councillor, Haibowal area,
from where the machines became operational said each tipper would make
four to five to lift garbage along the Budda nullah on daily basis.
“We hope that in coming days, much garbage will be lifted and shifted
to the Jainpur dump. With more machines to come within a month,
residents will definitely heave a sigh of relief”, added Aggarwal.
