AMC Mandates Monthly First-Sunday Drive for Sanitation, Rainwater Harvesting, and Plantation across city
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Ahmdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has instructed its departments to execute a comprehensive civic drive on the first Sunday of every month, focussing on sanitation, rainwater harvesting, and urban afforestation across the city.
The initiative follows directives issued by the state government, prompting Municipal Commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani to assign specific operational responsibilities to senior civic officials.
Structural Responsibilities and Accountability
Under the issued circular, Solid Waste Management In-charge Director Vijay Mistry will oversee the citywide sanitation drive. City Engineer (WRM) Vijay Patel has been tasked with managing the 'Catch the Rain' project.
The afforestation and sapling replacement drive will be managed by In-charge Director Dilip Patel alongside Principal Director General for Parks and Gardens, Amrish C. Patel. Designated Deputy Municipal Commissioners will directly monitor the execution across all zones.
To ensure accountability, officials must submit a detailed progress report on the Monday immediately following each drive.
The reporting format requires specific data on cleared locations, total waste removed, rainwater harvesting structures built, planted saplings, and installed tree guards.
Departments must also furnish geotagged 'before and after' photographs along with records of social media documentation.
Focus on Plantation and Water Conservation
Addressing past plantation failures, the civic body has mandated that dried or dead saplings be replaced exclusively with two-to-three-year-old matured saplings to ensure higher survival rates.
The guidelines emphasise planting native tree species along roadsides and open plots. In densely built areas facing land constraints, Miyawaki dense forests will be developed to boost green cover.
The water conservation wing will focus on desilting lakes and check dams to expand storage capacity ahead of monsoon cycles.
The plan includes constructing recharge pits at government offices, schools, and anganwadis, alongside modifying defunct borewells into groundwater recharge points.
Encroachments and accumulated debris will also be cleared from lake catchment zones to restore natural drainage pathways.
