Residents throughout Gurugram mentioned they’re grappling with a sanitation disaster, with a number of localities dealing with an acute scarcity of Municipal Company of Gurugram (MCG) sanitation employees, in accordance with Residents’ Welfare Affiliation (RWA) members, who mentioned that the problem has now continued for the previous few weeks, resulting in seen lapses in cleanliness throughout the town.
Illegally dumped rubbish on a highway in Sector 40, as seen in early April final 12 months. (HT Archive)
In Sector 45, which homes round 15,000 residents, RWA members mentioned that the sanitation workforce has dropped from 23 4 weeks in the past to simply 8-9 employees from a non-public company, regardless of three modifications in employees over the previous month — an inadequate quantity for the sector’s dimension, they alleged.
Puneet Pahwa, a Sector 45 RWA member, mentioned, “We have been pushing the sanitation inspectors to come up with a concrete solution for this problem, but they haven’t provided a proper response. This is a long-standing issue across Gurugram.”
With rubbish piling up and no contractor for waste disposal, residents have employed two further employees, bearing the prices themselves.
Pahwa requested MCG to reimburse their bills. “We request the MCG to reimburse the salaries of these two sanitation staff members hired by us,” he mentioned.
Comparable complaints have surfaced from Ardee Metropolis, a 200-acre space with solely 10-16 sanitation employees.
In line with RWA media coordinator Chaitali Mandhotra, the area suffered an entire absence of sanitation employees for a month final 12 months. “The most unfortunate part is that these sanitation workers haven’t been coming on duty for the last three days.”
“Garbage piles and foul odours have become part of our daily lives,” she mentioned.
South Metropolis-2 residents echoed these considerations.
Resident Khushboo Wadhwa described irregular sanitation providers, noting that weeks usually go with out correct cleansing. “The sanitation staff deployment in our area is highly irregular. At times, weeks go by without proper cleaning, leaving us to deal with garbage heaps and unbearable odours.”
She added, “We have approached the MCG several times, but the response has been inadequate. It feels like residents are left to fend for themselves.”
Responding to the complaints, MCG joint commissioner Akhilesh Kumar Yadav emphasised that the civic physique focuses on sustaining cleanliness outcomes moderately than monitoring the variety of deployed employees.
“I request the residents to not focus on the quantity of the sanitation workers but focus on whether cleanliness is maintained in the region. If there is any region that is struggling with garbage problems, then the residents can write directly to us and we will ensure that the work gets done,” Yadav mentioned.