Jamshedpur: The Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) would launch a major pre-monsoon clean-up and beautification drive across Mango from May 15, following repeated complaints from residents over irregular sanitation services.Under the plan, the Mango area has been divided into three zones, with 30 cleaners deployed in each. Zone 1 stretches from Kunwar Basti to Tezab Nala, Zone 2 covers Jawaharnagar Deshbandhu Line to Mayank Mrinal Hospital, and Zone 3 extends from Shantinagar to Kharia Basti.“The initiative will focus on unclogging, repairing, and streamlining the drainage network to ensure better water flow during the rainy season. Drains and garbage from residential, commercial and public spaces will be cleared daily. Waste collection services will also be extended to the narrowest lanes in low-lying and densely populated slum pockets,” MMC deputy mayor Rahul Singh Kashyap said.“Main roads with heavy traffic will be cleaned at night by three teams. Of these, 30 workers were assigned to the Dimna Chowk-Mango roundabout stretch, while 20 workers each will handle Old Purulia Road, New Purulia Road and the Chepa Pool area. A separate team has been earmarked for sanitation work in the Dimna-Mango and Mango Chowk-Payal Cinema market areas,” he added.MMC will also replace long-defunct 12, 16 and 20-metre street lights with new units. A mechanism is being developed to repair faulty street lights within 24 to 48 hours of a complaint.MMC serves 3.25 lakh residents across 33 wards, manages 52 metric tonnes of waste daily, and operates 26 refuse collection vehicles, over 5,200 LED lights, 400 lamp posts and 25 high-mast lights.
