MC panel visits Dhobi Ghats; takes stock of infrastructure
Chandigarh, July 23:- The Committee constituted to generate revenue from Dhobi Ghats today visited different dhobi ghats in city under the chairmanship of Sh. Shakti Parkash Devshali accompanied by other councilor members of the committee namely Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh Sidhu, Smt. Ravinder Kaur Gujral and concerned officers of MCC namely Sh. Ravinder Sharma and Sh. Dharminder Sharma, Executive Engineers, B&R, MCC.
During the visit the panel took stock of the infrastructure available in the dhobi ghats including sector 7, 15, 19 and sector 22. During the visit in Sector 22 Dhobi ghat Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor accompanied the panel as area councilor.
The members suggested that assessment report of repair and renovation be prepared and put up in the next meeting of committee. The panel found that all the dhobi ghats are being run by societies excluding Modern Dhobi Ghat situated at sector 15. They found that out of eight dhobi ghats only one Modern Dhobi ghat situated at sector 15 is paying monthly rent to the Municipal Corporation. While the other dhobi ghats being run by the societies are only paying electricity water bills no rate list found in these dhobi ghats.
The committee asked the concerned engineers to prepare auction notice to auction these dhobi ghats situated at prime location in the city through e-tendering to generate revenue to the MCC.
