– Omprakash Mishra
Ranchi : Mayor Dr. Asha Lakra participated in the All India Mayors Conference-2021 organized at Baba Nagari Kashi Vishwanath (Uttar Pradesh). The program was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Urban Development and Housing Minister Hardeep Puri and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were also present in the conference. Union Urban Development and Housing Minister Hardeep Puri, while addressing the mayors present in the conference, said that as there is currently competition between cities regarding smart city and cleanliness survey. Similarly, now there is a need to compete for week plans at the ward level in urban areas.
He also said that housing facilities have been provided to the poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Now there is a need to benefit the handicapped and footpath shopkeepers also under the developing schemes. In this program, Mayor Dr. Asha Lakra spoke in the direction of water conservation. He gave detailed information about the works being done for water conservation in Ranchi Municipal Corporation area. He said that emphasis is being laid on rain water harvesting for rain water harvesting in Ranchi Municipal Corporation area. Under the building bylaws, rain water harvesting has been made mandatory on the plots having an area of more than three thousand square feet.
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Apart from this, various ponds of Ranchi Municipal Corporation area have been renovated and beautified in the direction of water conservation. In the coming time, other ponds in the urban area will also be renovated. At present, a sewage treatment plant is being constructed under the sewage drainage system. The contaminated water coming out of the houses will be purified in it and released into the river. He said that keeping in view the future in Ranchi Municipal Corporation area, the public representatives as well as the officials are working with readiness to deal with the problem of water scarcity.