Kalyan residents protest by cleaning Kala Talao amid KDMC’s negligence | Thane News

KALYAN: Morning walkers are upset with the lack of cleaning done by KDMC for the past few days at Kala Talao in Kalyan, which is a famous destination for morning and evening walks. On Thursday, as a protest, morning walkers themselves cleaned Kala Talao with brooms in their hands.
As a protest, people kept the garbage collected at the entrance of Kala Talao and demanded from Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) that they should keep cleaning regularly from now on, or else they will clean the garbage and keep it outside the KDMC headquarters.

Kala Talao is the first choice area for morning walkers in Kalyan, where beautiful tracks have been made for walking around the lake. Apart from this, beautiful trees and plants have been planted for people to spend quality time. A large number of people come here for morning and evening walks. Amidst all this, people are upset with the lack of cleaning by KDMC for the past few days, resulting in them cleaning it themselves with brooms and keeping the garbage outside the gate of Kala Talao, which later KDMC’s sanitation department picked up.

Jatin Prajapati, a local, said, “It was difficult to walk on the track due to the garbage, that is why people took this step to wake up KDMC from its slumber.” Another person, Jaideep Sanap, said, “If KDMC does not clean the garbage properly in two days, then we will collect the garbage again and keep it outside the KDMC headquarters.”
After citizens protested, KDMC decided to cancel the contract given for cleanliness and maintenance to a private contractor.

KDMC Commissioner Indurani Jakhar, while issuing a statement, said, “We gave the tender for cleaning and maintenance of Kala Talao to a private contractor, which also provided some income for them. Earlier, there were no complaints against the contractor, but in the last month, the contractor did not do his work properly, and many complaints came, so we are issuing a notice to cancel his contract. Further, the contract will be given to some other company, but till then, the cleaning work will be done by our KDMC.”