The Hindu 06.07.2017
GVMC to take up rainwater harvesting in a big way
Appealing
to citizens to take up rainwater harvesting, Municipal Commissioner M
Hari Narayanan has said rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) will be
enforced in buildings under semi-bulk category water connection.
About
4500 to 5000 apartment complexes and commercial buildings come under
the category and they must have RWHS, he told reporters here. They would
be given one month to 45 days time to do it.
“With urbanisation
and laying of cement and concrete roads, previous layers will be reduced
increasing the necessity for conservation. We are trying our best to
make up for it by raising greenery,” he said.
Besides, resident
welfare associations and colony associations, particularly VUDA
colonies, should come forward to take up rainwater harvesting, he said.
While GVMC was taking up plantation under “Vanam-Manam” programme of the
State government, residents and RWAS should also come forward and
participate, he said. If residents inform zone commissioners, they would
participate. It would also help them avoid duplication.
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While
150 additional field staff were taken to fight mosquito menace,
residents passing on information about fever in the neighbourhood would
help zero in on affected areas and take up anti-larvae operations, Mr
Hari Narayanan said.
Tenders would be called for more fogging vehicles too.
De-silting
of most of the drains was completed ahead of rains and the city was the
first to do so in the entire State. The coming up of private structures
was being monitored in view of the danger they faced and recently 10
families were evacuated.
Dilapidated houses were proposed to be
reconstructed, particularly in the One Town area, and at Chilakapeta 68
families would be covered under the “Housing for All” scheme.