Gurgaon: Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar visited the MCG office in Sector 39 around 9.15pm on Saturday and expressed displeasure as no official was present at the control room where the mechanical sweeping machines are kept and their movement is monitored.
Khattar first enquired about the procedure MCG follows to ensure monitoring of these mechanical sweepers, which clean the city roads at night, and then asked the officials about the number of machines that are deployed each night.
The CM was accompanied by deputy municipal commissioner (DMC) Vijaypal Yadav and other sanitation department officials. Since nobody was present at the control room when Khattar arrived, he asked for the person who should have been on duty then.
When Yadav said he did not know, the CM called up MCG commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja. Sources said the computer operator who monitors the movement of the machines in the city was called up, but his phone was switched off.
Khattar then asked senior sanitary inspector Rishi Malik to present the attendance register. Malik informed him that they maintained an attendance register of only officials who were on field duty.
The CM was informed that MCG had deployed 13 sweeping machines, which covered 13 different routes between 10pm an 5am. Since Khattar had arrived early and the machines were to start operating from 10pm, many of the operators were yet to turn up, he was told. Khattar then sought to know how the sweeping machines, which are fitted with GPS devices, worked and were monitored.
“The sweeping machines start at 10pm and I had reached a little early. So, I told the MCG officials to present me with the record of all the 13 routes covered by these vehicles at night. I will check the night sweeping carried out by these vehicles and will take action if any discrepancies are found,” the CM told a few reporters outside the civic body’s office.
Sources said that after the CM had left, Yadav and Malik went to the PWD rest house, where the CM is staying on Saturday, along with the computer operator and showed him the entire record of the night sweeping. After his surprise visit to the MCG office, the CM also went to the GMDA office.
There, the CM inspected the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) and asked the workers how they detected stolen vehicles. The workers informed him that they monitored CCTV footage and alerted patrolling teams. “I was told that 32 stolen vehicles were traced on Saturday. I have suggested that the feature of face recognition be included to keep a check on suspects,” he said.
Khattar first enquired about the procedure MCG follows to ensure monitoring of these mechanical sweepers, which clean the city roads at night, and then asked the officials about the number of machines that are deployed each night.
The CM was accompanied by deputy municipal commissioner (DMC) Vijaypal Yadav and other sanitation department officials. Since nobody was present at the control room when Khattar arrived, he asked for the person who should have been on duty then.
When Yadav said he did not know, the CM called up MCG commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja. Sources said the computer operator who monitors the movement of the machines in the city was called up, but his phone was switched off.
Khattar then asked senior sanitary inspector Rishi Malik to present the attendance register. Malik informed him that they maintained an attendance register of only officials who were on field duty.
The CM was informed that MCG had deployed 13 sweeping machines, which covered 13 different routes between 10pm an 5am. Since Khattar had arrived early and the machines were to start operating from 10pm, many of the operators were yet to turn up, he was told. Khattar then sought to know how the sweeping machines, which are fitted with GPS devices, worked and were monitored.
“The sweeping machines start at 10pm and I had reached a little early. So, I told the MCG officials to present me with the record of all the 13 routes covered by these vehicles at night. I will check the night sweeping carried out by these vehicles and will take action if any discrepancies are found,” the CM told a few reporters outside the civic body’s office.
Sources said that after the CM had left, Yadav and Malik went to the PWD rest house, where the CM is staying on Saturday, along with the computer operator and showed him the entire record of the night sweeping. After his surprise visit to the MCG office, the CM also went to the GMDA office.
There, the CM inspected the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) and asked the workers how they detected stolen vehicles. The workers informed him that they monitored CCTV footage and alerted patrolling teams. “I was told that 32 stolen vehicles were traced on Saturday. I have suggested that the feature of face recognition be included to keep a check on suspects,” he said.
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