Mayor orders facelift of Achan filling site

Precious Kashmir News
Srinagar, Dec 16: While touring to different areas of the city in order to review sanitation and other allied functions of Corporation, Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu today visited Municipal Landfill Site Achan.
Mattu was accompanied by Joint Commissioner Works Ishtiyaq Ahmed Shah, Executive Engineer Mechanical Itrat Naseem, Assistant Direct Planning Khursheed Makhdoomi, Chief Sanitation Officer Mudasir Banday , Solid Waste Management Officer Nazir Baba and other officers of the Corporation.
The SMC officials briefed Mayor about the various steps being taken for improvisation of garbage management at the site and regarding the mechanism of waste segregator in place.
He took stock of mechanism of waste disposal and has passed on immediate directions to increase capacity of Mechanical Segregator and composting plant being installed there.
Mattu called for a facelift of Land fill site Achan and stressed the need for construction of multi storied structure at site equipped with latest infrastructure, including Solid Waste Management office, a mini conference hall and a dormitory and other necessary facilities that can be used in exigency.
A need to have control room that will entirely monitor the CC TV exercise which shall be shortly installed at Achan was also decided at site.
It was also decided that Joint Commissioner Works will formulate a DPR for construction of Drainage network facility within the Landfill site.
Directions were also passed on to have massive plantation on an earmarked Buffer zone at Achan which will beautify the place as well.
Mayor also directed that necessary vaccination of employees at Achan shall be done after every six months for the betterment of their health.
On the occasion Joint Commissioner Works was also directed to install at least 50 high mast lights within the Premises of Landfill site. (KNT)