NGOs, societies to maintain parks in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Chandigarh Municipal Corporation’s Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) has assigned the maintenance of the parks/gardens of the city to the NGOs/societies, by calling expression of interest. The decision was taken in a meeting of the F&CC chaired by Rajesh Kumar, Mayor, held on June 27.

The meeting also saw the approval of the transfer of sanitation and enforcement of vegetable markets in the city, primarily the market of sec-26. Sanitation wing of the MC would take charge of the cleaning of the mandi. The committee also accorded approval for the installation of a mini-hot mix movable plant for bitumen mix by using plastic waste in the industrial area, phase 1, Chandigarh.