Round the clock work at Dhanera for clearing out 5,000 tonnes of waste

Gandhinagar: Work related to the rescue and relief of the people in the areas of North Gujarat, especially that of Banaskantha and Patan district have now come in full force in order to resume the daily routine of the people.

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr.Vijay Rupani today took a decision to handle 2428 tonnes of grains that have been spoilt at APMC in Dhanera due to heavy floods. In addition to that, a decision to clear 5000 tonnes of waste and other things that were spoilt during the time of the calamity has also been taken. He also acquired the details of the work related to solid waste management of Dhanera from the Commissioner of Surat Municipal Corporation Mr. N. Thennarasan after having a visit at Dhanera.

Work to clear out the waste in Dhanera and make the city clean again has been in full force with an aim to complete it within a span of 3 days. In order to achieve quicker results for the same, the determined officials of the Surat Municipal Corporation have been on toes along with 50 JCB, 40 tractors and 7 super suction machines in addition to the use of 12 lakh liters of slurry.

A cash doll aid of worth Rs. 9.19 crores in total has been provided to 1,68, 295 affected people in Banaskantha along with an aid of Worth Rs. 8.79 crores to 20,112 people to enable them to buy the basic household items.

10,324 animals that have lost their lives in the district due to heavy rains and flood, the work to clear out their bodies are in progress. An aid of worth Rs. 2.18 crores has been provided in 966 such cases and 6.14 lakh kg of fodder have also been distributed.

In order to prevent the spread of epidemic in the district of Banaskantha, 781 teams from the health centers are working for the same and as many as 15840 people have been checked. 12 lakh chlorine tablets have also been distributed. 598 villages faced problems related to the power supply due to the floods which have now been provided with adequate power supply.

2351 trips out of 2353 trips of S.T have now resumed. As many as 56 JCB, 95 tractors, and 899 workers are engaged for cleaning the 507 villages and as many as 86 teams and more than 1109 workers along with 59 JCB and 56 dumpers have been successful in eliminating 7125 tonnes of solid waste from the urban areas.

Due to an efficient and an effective administration, the routine of the people is slowly resuming.

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