Autumn and Winter Check-in Challenge Recently, Benxi City, Liaoning Province, has become the focus of the first due to a heavy snowfall and a snow clearing outsourcing contract of up to 2.8 billion. According to reports, in response to the heavy snowfall, the city outsourced the snow clearing work to a company called "Supply and Marketing Environmental Technology" for 2.8 billion yuan. However, five days later, citizens found that the snow on the streets was still heavy and the snow removal effect was not good, which caused widespread doubts and dissatisfaction.
The citizens of Benxi expressed their deep disappointment and incomprehension about this situation. In the past, sanitation workers were often responsible for clearing snow in cities, who were able to move quickly after the snow to ensure that citizens' travel was not affected. But this year, after the work was outsourced, the effect was very different. Many citizens said that they did not spend much time and money cleaning the snow in front of their doors by themselves, and now they are facing difficulties in traveling.
The people's dissatisfaction quickly fermented on social **, and CCTV and other ** also reported on the matter. The focus of the question is on several areas: Why spend huge sums of money to outsource snow clearing when finances are tight?Why is snow clearing not effective after outsourcing?Where is the 2.8 billion going?Is there any non-standard bidding or subcontracting?
In the face of doubts, the relevant departments of Benxi City responded that the outsourcing of sanitation services is still in the run-in period and will take time to adapt and improve. But the response did little to calm the public's doubts. Some citizens pointed out that even during the run-in period, there should not be such a serious lack of snow clearing. What's more, the outsourcing company "Supply and Marketing Environmental Technology*** has been involved in three legal disputes in just three years, does this mean that there was negligence in choosing an outsourcing company?".
It is worth mentioning that a notice recently issued in Mingshan District, Benxi City, requires units and businesses along the street to "sweep the snow in front of their doors" and stipulates corresponding punishment measures. This move was interpreted by the public as a helpless move to outsource snow clearing, which further exacerbated the dissatisfaction and confusion of the people.
Some analysts have pointed out that outsourcing public services is not undesirable in itself, but the key lies in how to ensure the quality of services and the effective use of funds. In the current economic situation, there should be more prudence and transparency in the expenditure of public funds. The Benxi snow clearing outsourcing incident not only exposed serious problems in service quality, but also may involve deeper problems in the use of funds and supervision.
The incident has also sparked a debate about how to allocate public resources more rationally. Some netizens suggested that if 2.8 billion yuan was distributed equally to the residents of Benxi City, each person could get about 2,692 yuan. Such a distribution method may be able to motivate citizens to actively participate in the snow clearing work, and the effect may be better.
At present, the controversy over the outsourcing of Benxi's 2.8 billion snow clearing is still fermenting. The public expects a reasonable explanation and solution to be given, and at the same time, they also hope that the relevant departments can strengthen supervision to ensure that public resources are used reasonably and effectively.