Sector 7, Dwarka, will soon see new garbage bins in its societies. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, mayor of SDMC, had met representatives of various societies last week and been apprised of this specific demand.
About 10 societies in the sector have already received new bins and the mayor is taking into account various suggestions from residents as well.
AK Parashar, a resident of Sri Agrasen Apartments, Sector 7, who has been actively campaigning for the need for dustbins, said, “We have received two big dustbins for our society. We are grateful to the mayor and hope to get her attention in other matters as well.”
Parashar informed City Spidey that the mayor has assured residents that she will be visiting areas where dustbins are being installed to ensure everything is being done properly. “She will also visit parks and other spots. We will be requesting her to allot dustbins depending on the number of flats in each society.”
Residents and people from managing committees of various societies said that in an earlier distribution drive, old dustbins had been given out instead of new. So these needed to be replaced. Anurag Bahl, a resident of Shruti Apartments, Sector 7, said, “The corporation workers should monitor the distribution. They should not be distributing old dustbins.”
President of Shruti Apartments, TL Sohal, said he was happy to have two big dustbins for his residential society. “There are 58 flats in our society. Two dustbins are sufficient, and I am happy that the corporation has heeded our demand so promptly.”
Indeed, Sehrawat has been giving residents a patient hearing on their problems.
Today, too, she visited the sector to review the ongoing corporation work to upgrade civic amenities.
Sehrawat, accompanied by officials and staff members of the sanitation department of SDMC, met various RWAs and did a recce of the area to understand the issues it faced. She was apprised of encroachments, the state of garbage disposal and the deplorable condition of parks and service lanes in the area.
Speaking to City Spidey, PP Wangchuk, secretary of Media Apartments, Sector 7, said, “The mayor’s visit has indeed been encouraging to residents. Encroachment and sanitation were two major issues that we highlighted. We took the authorities to the area around the mall at Ramphal Chowk for them to understand the severity of the encroachment problem.”
Residents of the area also requested Sehrawat to draft a policy via which parks could be adopted by societies. “Only then will they be maintained," said a resident. "Also, people will be encouraged to participate in their upkeep.”