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‘Carrot & Stick’ for swacch Jaipur

Mayor launched a web portal encouraging various institutes to participate in this mission

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Dy mayor Manoj Bhardwaj, mayor Ashok Lahoti and JMC commissioner Ravi Jain during press conference.
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Institutions in Jaipur have been offered incentives for cleanliness on their premises as Jaipur Municipal Corporation launches Swacchta ranking contest. City mayor Ashok Lahoti on Wednesday launched a web portal encouraging various private and public institutes of the city to participate in the contest online.

While at the launch mayor lured the institutions for taking up the cleanliness drive with cash rewards and rewards, the JMC officials were out in field reprimanding those found violating the norms. During the day, the JMC sealed administrative office of a mall at Malviya Nagar and three shops at MI road for dumping garbage at a public place.

“Action was taken against the mall as many of those to hold shops at it was dumping garbage along the railway track nearby and the despite notices a compost plant was not installed at the mall for disposal of wet waste,” said a JMC officer, even as shopkeepers protested the move.

The JMC thus had its intention clear, they need the city statistics improved as it gears up for the Swachh Survekshan Survey 2018. Jaipur had been unable to perform well at the last survey and tends to improve this year. The commercial and government complexes are thus in focus of the corporation to meet its cleanliness target.

“Institutions like, hotels, hospitals, coaching institutes, marriage garden, trade union bodies and similar contribute to 30 per cent of garbage generated at the city, these bulk waste generators if could develop system to process the waste the city will emerge as the cleanest across the country,” said mayor Ashok Lahoti at launch of the Swacch ranking contest portal.

As the Swacch Survekshan 2018 is scheduled to commence from January, the JMC is expected to further boost its effort to abide the city institutes towards sanitation.

Compulsion

It is mandatory for all commercial institutes at Jaipur categories in categories of hotel, hospitals, to participate in swacch ranking contest. 

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