The Hindu 31.12.2014
VMC to rope in residents to keep canals clean
Municipal Commissioner insists on organising more awareness drives on sanitation
With increasing complaints about the rampant pollution in three canals in the city pouring in, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is planning to seek the help of resident welfare associations in ensuring cleanliness along the canal bunds and curbing the practice of dumping waste into the water bodies.
During a recent survey, the corporation authorities had identified more than 30 locations, which were easily accessed by various commercial establishments to dump trash in Bandar, Ryves and Eluru canals . In a bid to keep a check on this practice, the authorities are now planning to construct walls at such locations.VMC Commissioner C. Hari Kiran, who inspected different areas abutting the canals, wanted the officials to seek the help of residents to stop the practice of dumping of waste into the canals. Awareness programmes should be conducted over the importance of disposing of garbage in dumper bins and different developmental works should be taken up with their assistance.
Residents can alert authorities, if they come across establishments or people dumping trash in the canals. He warned the municipal staff that garbage should be dumped in the dumper bins and should avoid polluting the canals by throwing the trash into them. He said respective sanitary inspectors would be held responsible, if municipal staff did not mend their ways and departmental action would be initiated against the inspectors.
Expressing displeasure over the poor maintenance of greenery at the Tummalapalli Kalakshetram, he instructed authorities to ensure cleanliness and increase greenery in the area. Later, he visited Hanumanpeta and other areas, said a press release.
Sanitary inspectors to be taken to task for dumping of trash into canals
Plans afoot to build walls at 30 pollution-prone locations along Bandar, Eluru and Ryves canals
