Delegation from MC Udupi (Karnataka) visits Chandigarh; praises MCC projects
Chandigarh, September 16: – Mrs. Sumithra R Nayak, President, Town Municipal Council, District Udupi (Karnataka) alongwith delegation of 33 councillors & officers visited the city beautiful, Chandigarh today.
The delegation was on its study tour regarding “Solid Waste Management & Best Practices of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh”. The delegation reached Chandigarh last evening and received by senior officers of MCC.
Today morning their day long sight visit schedule was started with the presentation on Best practices of Municipal Corporation at MCC office premises, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh welcomed the delegation followed by brief introduction of the projects and best practices and functions of the MCC.
The Commissioner gave a brief presentation on Solid Waste Management system, Roads, Water Supply, Garden and Green belts, Street Lights, Tertiary Treated Water Supply, processing of C&D Waste, Property tax, management of Gaushalas, Vendor rehabilitation system and other projects of MCC.
After the presentation meeting, the delegation visited various best projects of MCC including Water Works, Public Bike Sharing System, Fire and Rescue services, Sewerage Treatment Plant, C&D Waste Plant, Ind. area, Ph-I and Integrated Command & Control Centre, Sector 17, Chandigarh.
During their sight visits, different teams headed by nodal officers of MCC briefed about the projects at their respective sites.
The President and the councilors of Udupi praised the beauty of Chandigarh including best roads in the country, neat and clean parks, planned markets and no encroachments in the road sides. They appreciated the horticulture wing especially for maintaining more than 1800 neighborhood parks in the city. They also appreciated the cleanliness of the city and solid waste management system including management of STPs and running of MRF stations in city.
