Chahal directed that the ward officers visit their administrative wards for half a day every day to supervise the sanitation work. “The system should be closely monitored at the ward level to see whether it is actually functioning. The work of sanitation agents should be reviewed regularly. Data of manpower employed on contract basis and actual working manpower should be verified,” said the commissioner. He also emphasized keeping highways, service roads and small lanes clean. If the manpower and number of vehicles required for sanitation is insufficient, they should be increased. Waste collection and disposal should be accelerated, public toilets should be cleaned and disinfected five times a day.

‘Funds to be provided’

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Sanitation workers get paid for cleaning toilets twice a day. The BMC will provide material for disinfection of toilets five times a day. “The solid waste management will provide funds to the ward offices to provide materials,” said a BMC official. The SRA executive officer was present during the second meeting, to discuss the SRA colony issue. “People blame the BMC for unclean toilets in SRA colonies. The commissioner asked the executive to make a plan to clean these toilets and he was given a month’s timeline,” said another official.

Illegal hoardings to be removed

The BMC also started a campaign to remove all the illegal hoardings in the city. There are hoardings from political parties all over the city during and after the Ganesh festival. The former municipal commissioner also instructed officials to start the drive again and remove all illegal banners, posters, hoardings.