If you are
Asheesh Singh (IAS:2010:MP), Indore Municipal Commissioner, you can do a lot to make the life
of your fellow citizens liveable. In 2014,
when Indore, the commercial capital of MP, got a terrible rank in the Swachh
Survekshan, the authorities and citizens recognized that they must do something
to redeem their honor. But they didn't know how. On the
outskirts of the city, a 100-acre dumpsite continued to overflow with legacy
waste—recyclables like plastic, metal and the rest that were devastating the
environment and making the life of people living in the nearby colony a real
hell. Even as the
Indore Municipal Corporation resorted to the practical and feasible
bio-remediation process to clear out the dump, the process didn't acquire the
speed that was desirable. Enter
Asheesh as IMC Municipal Commissioner in May 2018. Waited for
him was 13 lakh tonnes of waste. In the two years prior to May 2018 when he
joined, the IMC was able to clear out just 2 lakh tonnes. He began
with the idea that to turn the dumpsite into a beautiful golf course. Of
course, our leftist leaders would have a problem with this idea. Anyway... He organized
the people, the corporation, and leveraged the power of the government. And lo and
behold, the job was done scientifically in six months at a cost of a measly Rs
10 crores versus the estimated cost of Rs 65 crores if the work was given to a
contractor. Of course,
it was too bad for leftist leaders; they didn't get their commission. And since
the reclaimed land may be turned into a golf course, the 100-acre plot worth Rs
400 crores can't be turned into JJ colonies. Too bad for the best friends of
the poor and landless. Ask Asheesh
how he did it.
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What can an IAS officer do?
By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-16 11:20:02
If you are
Asheesh Singh (IAS:2010:MP), Indore Municipal Commissioner, you can do a lot to make the life
of your fellow citizens liveable.
In 2014, when Indore, the commercial capital of MP, got a terrible rank in the Swachh Survekshan, the authorities and citizens recognized that they must do something to redeem their honor. But they didn't know how.
On the outskirts of the city, a 100-acre dumpsite continued to overflow with legacy waste—recyclables like plastic, metal and the rest that were devastating the environment and making the life of people living in the nearby colony a real hell.
Even as the Indore Municipal Corporation resorted to the practical and feasible bio-remediation process to clear out the dump, the process didn't acquire the speed that was desirable.
Enter Asheesh as IMC Municipal Commissioner in May 2018. Waited for him was 13 lakh tonnes of waste. In the two years prior to May 2018 when he joined, the IMC was able to clear out just 2 lakh tonnes.
He began with the idea that to turn the dumpsite into a beautiful golf course. Of course, our leftist leaders would have a problem with this idea. Anyway...
He organized the people, the corporation, and leveraged the power of the government.
And lo and behold, the job was done scientifically in six months at a cost of a measly Rs 10 crores versus the estimated cost of Rs 65 crores if the work was given to a contractor.
Of course, it was too bad for leftist leaders; they didn't get their commission. And since the reclaimed land may be turned into a golf course, the 100-acre plot worth Rs 400 crores can't be turned into JJ colonies. Too bad for the best friends of the poor and landless.
Ask Asheesh how he did it.
