The Hindu 04.09.2014
VMC will accord top priority to sanitation: Hari Kiran
Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner C. Hari Kiran handing over
wheelbarrows to sanitation workers in Vijayawada on Wednesday.- PHOTO:
V. RAJU
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) will accord
top priority to sanitation in the city, said Commissioner C. Hari Kiran
here on Wednesday.
“Sanitation is a basic service,
and the corporation will leave no stone unturned in improving sanitation
in the city,” Mr. Kiran said after distributing six tricycles and 10
wheelbarrows to workers at a function here.
The
tricycles and wheelbarrows were donated by Anu Hospital chairman G.
Ramesh as part of the corporate social responsibility initiative of the
hospital. Mr. Kiran said improving sanitation was not only the
responsibility of the municipal corporation but also corporate
companies. “There are several companies which can help in taking
measures to ensure better sanitation,” he added.
The
corporation will soon release dues to residential associations that take
up sanitation in their respective colonies by hiring workers.
“The dues have been pending for the last 18 months. We will release them in a week,” he said.
The
VMC is also planning to send proposals to the government on setting up a
sewage treatment plant. As many as 10 companies have approached the
corporation and evinced interest in setting up the plant to generate
electricity using wet and dry waste, the VMC chief said. The plant will
require at least 18 acres of land.
Three places have
been identified for establishing the new facility. “We are sending
proposals to the government. It will take eight months for grounding the
project after getting the government’s nod,” he said.
Speaking
on the occasion, Anu Hospital chairman G. Ramesh said poor sanitation
would result in the spread of communicable diseases and cautioned people
to maintain proper sanitation.
