Dwarka Sector 7 will soon see new garbage bins in its societies. Only last week, the mayor of SDMC Kamaljeet Sehrawat had met representatives of various societies and heard this specific demand from them.
About 10 societies have already received new bins and the mayor is even taking into account various suggestions from residents.
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. We also want some benches and swings for the society parks.”
Incidentally today, the Mayor had visited the sector to review the ongoing work (upgrading civic amenities) of the corporation in the residential areas. Sehrawat who was accompanied by officials and staff members of the sanitation department of SDMC met the RWAs and managements of various societies and did a reece of the area to understand the existing issues and devise permanent solutions for the same. She was apprised about the encroachments, state of garbage disposal and 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 for the 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 encroachment.”
Residents of the area also apprised the Mayor about the deplorable condition of parks. They requested her to draft a policy through which these parks can be adopted by specific societies. “Then these parks will be properly maintained. Also people will be encouraged to participate in their upkeep,” says a resident.
