Recently, a notice on snow removal in Mingshan District, Benxi City, Liaoning Province has attracted widespread attention on the Internet. The notice requires units and businesses along the street to clear the snow in front of their doors within 24 hours, otherwise they will face penalties. However, although the snow on the main roads in the city has been largely cleared, and some businesses have cleared the snow in front of their doors, there are still some sidewalks and side streets that have not cleared the snow.
In August this year, Benxi City outsourced the sanitation operations in the main urban area, including snow removal services, to the "supply and marketing environmental science and technology industry" with 2.8 billion yuan in the face of incomplete snow removal, the staff explained that there is no problem with mechanical cleaning of the main road, but it needs to be manually cleaned in places such as slopes and ditches, and this year is the first year of outsourcing sanitation services, which takes time to straighten out the cooperative relationship and run-in.
In this regard, some netizens expressed their understanding, but some netizens believed that since ** participated in this matter and paid a high additional fee, the responsibility relationship should be clarified to ensure that the snow removal work is in place. Although traders voluntarily clear snow to facilitate business, not every street has merchants, and there are liability gaps between merchants. Therefore, the relevant departments or outsourcing agencies should properly deal with these issues.
Clearing snow on the road is not only a matter of the city's image and citizens' travel safety, but also reflects the sense of responsibility and precise management ability of local relevant departments. City management departments can't just "throw their hands on the shopkeeper", nor can they think that "spending money to outsource" will solve the problem.
The outsourcing cost of 2.8 billion yuan is huge, and the contrast between the effect and the high cost is unsatisfactory. **The relevant departments should respond carefully**, publicly explaining the specific purpose of the expenses and the content of the work, as well as the reasons why the outsourcing agency failed to perform its duties. These issues are not only of concern to merchants, but also to the public.
In addition, the problem of urban road snow caused by heavy snowfall is a long-term problem of urban governance. The problem of snow removal in Benxi City has attracted widespread attention, and it is also related to the resonance of residents in other cities with this problem. The public expects that the relevant authorities need to come up with more effective solutions.