AGARTALA, Oct 7 (TIWN): No respite from C category town’s garbage, broken roads when rain disrupts the puja celebration. On the occasion of Maha-Saptami, when rain disrupted for few hours the Agartala City turned into hell with waist level water. Although before puja Urban Development Minister for media attention called urgent meeting with AMC and told them to clean Agartala City, but the scenario of the city remained as it is.

Minister Manik Dey in the meeting held at AMC office asked the officials, “State Govt. is sanctioning you funds regularly, then why so many unorganized garbage points occupying the City?”. Minister also mentioned few places names, which he claimed have been recently identified by State Urban Ministry. Manik Dey also ordered to clean the whole town before Durga Puja---------- but his long talks proven wrong as sudden natural disruption has caused damage to the pandals, markets and artificial decoration due to the high water level.

As a result huge amount of resentment erupts among devotees, common men and businessmen.

During business summits Industry Secretary, Industry Minister of Tripura talks about footpath, Mega foothpath, proper connectivity but in reality the Capital City Agartala has turned miserable with its narrow roads in broken condition, half done works, & little space left for Flyover works.

AMC’s cleanliness drive has been fully unsatisfactory as many areas left without dustbins, resulting unhygienic colonies, dirty smells hovering in this puja season.

Now if rain continues, the situation may be worse.

Agartala has been selected under the 13 top urban cities which are now ready to be converted into SMART Cities.  But in reality there is no sign of Agartala’s becoming a SMART City as till day there is no proper drainage yet arranged in Agartala city. With a few splash of rain the city dupes into water and water logging till waist, is very common for Agartala City. Whereas Agartala city is aimed convert into a SMART City in future, but it has remained as one of the most ‘Garbage-dumping-ground.

Under Manik Sarkar’s regime another example of Tripura’s Golden Era is the Municipal Council’s cleanliness management skill across the Agartala city. The whole city is hit with dirty smells, garbage beside the road and resulting into unhygienic condition.

Reportedly, the Municipal Corporation has not provided any kind of containers and dustbins for dumping garbage in most of the parts in thecity, so that no municipal workers are need to be deployed in that area.

Such negligence of the Municipal corporation is prominent especially urban areas.

Maximum town areas are left without dustbin and people are using the drains as the alternative of dustbin, resulting  into overflowing drains.

However, hardly in every places there are drains also. Few areas got drains after years and years of requests and placing 100 of demand letters to the Municipal corporation.