Garbage lifting vehicles are yet to cover many areas in city.
JAIPUR: Two days after the strike was called off by the garbage collection company in Jaipur, the garbage vehicles are still not reaching every corner of the city.
The company was on strike for four days during which more than 5,000 tonnes of garbage was lying on the roads. Only after a settlement with the state government did the company call off the strike. At present, 320 vehicles for garbage collection are going to the wards, but councillors said that this is also not enough.
Rajat Bishnoi, councillor of ward 9 in JMC-Heritage said that only two out of four vehicles are coming to his ward. “Garbage collection is still not being done properly in my ward. I am getting complaints regularly from residents even after the strike has been called off and the company told us that it will take time to get back all the vehicles,” said Bishnoi.
Lalita Jaiswal, councillor of ward 72, from JMC-Heritage said, “Just an hour back, I spoke to corporation officials regarding it. There are a few lanes in my ward where the vehicles are not going at all.”
“There are areas where the vehicles haven’t visited in 20 days. We have to complain many times to get the work done. But still the vehicles only come in 15 days,” said Singh.
Replying to the allegations, Om Prakash, manager at the garbage collection firm, said that these are baseless allegations. He said, “Any councillor who has any problem should come and complain. We will resolve their problem. Vehicles are going in every lane and after the strike was called off, we have cleared more than 2,800 tonnes of garbage from the city. We will look into the problem.”
In many areas of Jhotwara and Sanganer, the situation is the same, with many places still waiting for the vehicles even after the strike is called off. Some councillors told TOI that only one vehicle is allotted to the ward where the requirement is for four.
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