LUCKNOW: In a bid to introduce visible changes in the way urban services are provided to the people, the urban development department on Sunday announced to start a 60-day drive starting April 15.
Additional chief secretary (ACS), urban development, Rajneesh Dube forwarded a 12-point to-do list to all the municipal commissioners and executive officers heading various corporations and councils. The list covers various delivery areas that have the potential to improve the experience of residents when they step out of their houses.
The first task given to the officials is to improve the condition of roundabouts and prominent crossings.
Zebra crossing and stop lines will have to be marked prominently on busy roads and crossings.
The left turns will be made free wherever possible while boards and demarcation will be ensured to facilitate the movement of commuters.
To minimise air pollution due to traffic, green belts will be developed and trees will be planted along roads and crossings.
Dube has directed officials to consider putting up vertical gardens near prominent crossings. Wall murals and paintings on the lines of those in Varanasi and Prayagraj, which promote social messages, will also come up at strategic locations in cities.
Urban development minister AK Sharma has already asked the officials to ensure proper sweeping of roads in the morning.
The ACS (urban development) has also directed the officials to ensure another round of road sweeping in the second half of the day, preferably between 4pm and 8pm, in busy markets, railway stations, bus stations and tourist spots which are prone to littering.
Garbage dumps in the city will be cleaned up in a phased manner and bioremediation of drains and nullahs before the onset of the monsoon season have been ordered. Heads of the civic bodies have been asked to prepare an action plan for disposal of legacy waste.
Digital hoardings will be put up at busy stretches to propagate awareness on the schemes being run by the state government.
In the order, Dube said that renovation of crossings could be done through public-private-partnership (PPP) model.
Heads of various departments have been provided a format which they would have to fill and forward to the Lucknow headquarters on a weekly basis
