Thursday, August 06, 2020

Crores Of Rupees Spent On Cleaning Of Budda River, Same Situation In Ludhiana

OBN: Ludhiana: Thursday, 06 August 2020.
The Municipal Corporation has spent crores of rupees in 12 years within the identify of cleansing Budda Dariya. But the Budha Dariya has not been cleared by one p.c. Poison flowing within the river is killing not solely Punjab, however neighboring Haryana from Rajasthan to Rajasthan. This poison is falling within the Satulaj Darya passing via Ludhiana. The central authorities, the state authorities, or any MLA or MP has not given any cash to wash the previous river. At the identical time, throughout each election, the rotis of politics are executed on this river.
RTI activist Rohit Sabharwal stated that he had sought data underneath the Right to Information Act for cleansing the Budha Dariya. It was requested whether or not the Center, the state, the MLA or any MP has given any grant for cleansing the Budha Dariya. All three questions have acquired the identical reply. Nobody has given any cash. Apart from this, how a lot cash has been spent for cleansing it from 2008 to 2020. In response, the company stated that Rs 7.92 crore has been spent thus far. As of 31 July 2020, the company has not issued any fee for any cleansing. The query is that regardless of cleansing yearly, there was no enchancment in its situation.
Expenditure on river cleansing
Every yr, the Municipal Corporation will get the Drainage Department to do the cleansing work of Budha Dariya. Their machines are cleaned yearly. Information has been revealed by the company underneath RTI that 17.99 lakh within the yr 2008-09, 28.55 lakh within the yr 2009-10, no cash in 2010-11, 49.38 lakh within the yr 2011-12, within the yr 2012-13 48.56 lakh, 68.11 lakh within the yr 2013-14, 149.45 lakh within the yr 2014-15, 177.18 lakh within the yr 2015-16, 63.17 lakh within the yr 2016-17, 40 lakh within the yr 2017-18, 90.25 lakh within the yr 2018-19 , 60.15 lakhs within the yr 2019-20 and no cash has been launched until 31 July 2020.
The Municipal Corporation has spent crores of rupees in 12 years within the identify of cleansing Budda Dariya. But the Budha Dariya has not been cleared by one p.c. Poison flowing within the river is killing not solely Punjab, however neighboring Haryana from Rajasthan to Rajasthan. This poison is falling within the Satulaj Darya passing via Ludhiana. The Central Government, the State Government or any MLA or MP has not given any cash to wash the previous river. At the identical time, throughout each election, the rotis of politics are executed on this river.
RTI activist Rohit Sabharwal stated that he had sought data underneath the Right to Information Act for cleansing the Budha Dariya. It was requested whether or not the Center, the state, the MLA or any MP has given any grant for cleansing the Budha Dariya. All three questions have acquired the identical reply. Nobody has given any cash. Apart from this, how a lot cash has been spent for cleansing it from 2008 to 2020. In response, the company stated that Rs 7.92 crore has been spent thus far. As of 31 July 2020, the company has not issued any fee for any cleansing. The query is that regardless of cleansing yearly, there was no enchancment in its situation.
Expenditure on the cleansing of the river: The Municipal Corporation will get the Drainage Department to do the work of cleansing the previous highway yearly. Their machines are cleaned yearly. Information has been revealed by the company underneath RTI that 17.99 lakh within the yr 2008-09, 28.55 lakh within the yr 2009-10, no cash in 2010-11, 49.38 lakh within the yr 2011-12, within the yr 2012-13 48.56 lakh, 68.11 lakh within the yr 2013-14, 149.45 lakh within the yr 2014-15, 177.18 lakh within the yr 2015-16, 63.17 lakh within the yr 2016-17, 40 lakh within the yr 2017-18, 90.25 lakh within the yr 2018-19 , 60.15 lakhs within the yr 2019-20 and no cash has been launched until 31 July 2020.