Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 5: Adopting proper social distancing amid nationwide lockdown in wake of Coronavirus outbreak, Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor Jammu along with Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation, Avny Lavasa, visited municipal compost site at Bandu Rakh near Kunjwani Jammu and took stock of the various immediate development works being required at the said site.
They were accompanied by Baldev Singh Billowria, Chairman Public Health and Sanitation Standing Committee; Sunil Kumar Sharma, Executive Engineer Division – IV; Ashok Kumar Sharma, AEE and Danish Kotwal, concerned Junior Engineer.
Mayor was told that about 28 number of compost units for wet waste have been constructed by Jammu Municipal Corporation which are ready to function for making manure / fertilizer from wet waste generated from different wards as well as left over flowers collected from prominent temples of Jammu City while working of MRF (Material Recovery Facility) for dry waste constructed by UNDP is under process.
Mayor directed the officers present on the site for constructing a boundary wall around this municipal land to further avoid any type of encroachment by any private person, construct a deep drain connected with the compost unit for smooth flowing of dirty water in the nearby nallaha so that water does not remain stagnate on the roadside, replace the compost machine already installed there which is of low capacity with another one of large capacity for effective and smooth functioning. He further asked the officers to install more electric poles with High Mast LED Lights to avoid any type miss happenings due to prevailing darkness in the area, install visible sign boards at the prominent places leading to the compost site and construct a suitable shed on the wet compost units to avoid from rain. In order to retrieve the land near downside nallah where crates have already been put by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Mayor directed the Engineering Wing to further take up the matter with the said department for occupying the remaining Municipal land near the Nallah.
He further instructed that the pits on road may be filled with suitable material and black topping be done in consultation with Public Works Department immediately.
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