VMC on demolition drive

Two bulldozers, one dumper and about 80 personnel were deployed for the task. The compound wall of the Sayaji Iron Mill, which falls on the roadline, was also demolished.

Discussions on conducting clean-up operations and dealing with water-logging in the election wards under administrative wards no 6 and 10 dominated the meeting of the West Zone of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation VMC on Tuesday.

The meeting was chaired by Mayor Bharti Vyas and attended by Deputy Mayor Dinesh Choksi, Standing Committee Chairman N V Patel, Opposition leader Kanchan Parmar besides councillors and officials from the civic body8217;s administrative wing. Councillors made individual representations of the problems and works undertaken in their respective wards.

It was decided at the meeting that the administration would undertake afternoon clean up operations every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on a weekly basis in the election ward of the councillor8217;s choice. It was also decided to present details of the work undertaken by the safai workers and supervisors in various beats to the councillor of the respective area.

The councillors were also asked to furbish details about water-logging problems in their areas to the civic authorities so as to help the latter plan ways to tackle the same.