Municipal Corporation Chandigarh organized “Walk with Nature”
Rinda Gupta
Chandigarh
May 13, 2018
The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today organized a “Walk with
Nature” programme under Swachh Bharat Mission. The walk led by Sh. Davesh
Moudgil, Mayor of Chandigarh and Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS,
Commissioner, MCC started from Bougainvillea garden, sector 3, here today. Sh. Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer, Sh.
N.P. Sharma and Sh. Sanjay Arora, Superintending Engineer, B&R and Public
Health respectively, all the Executive Engineers of B&R, Public Health,
Horticulture, Electricity joined the walk. The team of officers travelled through
Bougainvillea garden, Sector 3, Leisure Valley, Rose Garden, Shanti Kunj,
Bamboo Valley, Hibiscus Garden, Fragrance Garden and Garden of Palms, Sector
42. Sh. Hardeep Singh, MCC councilor, who was on his regular walk, also joined
the team from Bamboo valley, sector 23.During the visit, the Mayor and
Commissioner directed the engineers to prepare a proposal to widen and clean
the N-choe before monsoon. The Mayor asked the officials to get it cleaned with
the help of some NGO by “Sharmdaan” and under the Swachh Bharat Mission
programme. The Commissioner asked the concerned
engineers to repair footpath areas, wherever damaged, renovation and repair of
toilet blocks, pruning of trees, provision and proper supply of tertiary
treated water supply. He also asked the SE, public health to talk with the
concerned, who are responsible for causing foul smell by grounded their sewer
lines in the N-choe.
The
Commissioner said that these type of walks with Nature will be made a regular
feature because it aside from boosting individual’s activity level,
hanging out at a park, garden or amongst many trees is great for not only for
physical fitness but the mental wellbeing too. It reduces cognitive fatigue and
stress and can be helpful with depression and anxiety, he added.
