The  Hindu   24.08.2012

VMC chalks out plan to reduce pollution levels

Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has urged the people to extend their cooperation in making the city clean and green. Addressing a meeting with residential welfare associations (RWAs), park committees etc here on Thursday, Municipal Commissioner Md. Abdul Azeem said that the Corporation launched Green Mission 2012 project. The comprehensive plan was chalked out involving horticulture, engineering, and town planning wings of the Corporation.

The objective of the programme was to reduce the pollution levels in the city. The school children etc would take up sapling plantation on every Saturday. Green rallies would be organised, he said, adding, the roads and traffic islands’ beautification of traffic islands etc would also be taken up in near future.

Sanitation drive

Mr. Azeem said that the Corporation organised special sanitation drive to create awareness on sanitation among the public.

The drive resulted in announcing some residential areas as litter free colonies. The people should not throw the litter on to the streets and side drains.

They were requested to make use of door to door garbage collection. With it, the garbage disposal and keeping side drains clean would be easy, he said.

Youth Welfare Officer Velaga Joshi, CMOH M. Satyanarayana Raju, City Planner S. Chakrapani, Examiner of Accounts M. Varaprasad, Assistant Director of Horticulture N. Sujatha and Deputy Fire Officer Prasad were among those present at the meeting.