Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 21-
In accordance with the commitment of CM Bhagwant Singh Mann to make the state clean and waste free & to ensure an environment friendly atmosphere, CS Anurag Verma today directed to start a special campaign in the cities and towns of the state.
CS today took a meeting with Local Government officials, all Deputy Commissioners, Municipal Corporation Commissioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners (Urban Development) and EOs of Municipal Councils and Panchayats and said that the piles of garbage in the cities should be removed. It should now be managed immediately in an effective manner by making a comprehensive plan in this regard. Under this special campaign, arrangements should be made to dispose of the legacy wastage by taking new initiatives.
Verma said that the Deputy Commissioners should keep a constant review of the cleanliness drive. Apart from this, if there is a need for a place to set up a sewage treatment plant, in this regard the Deputy Commissioners should do the needful.
