In the meeting, representatives of the Corporation, Police, Fire and Rescue Services, Sewerage Department and National Highway participated. The drive has already started in more than half wards in the city under the aegis of the ward-level health and sanitation committees and in the other wards it will begin soon.

 “With the association of all departments the drive can successfully be rolled out; regarding the management of sewerage waste, the support of the Public Works Department has to be there,” said Mayor K Chandrika. The support of Fire and Rescue Services is sought to meet the unexpected calamities of any kind, such as flooding and uprooting of trees.

 To discuss the pre-monsoon cleaning activities held till then, a review meeting will be convened next week. A meeting of the councillors was held during the last week of April to carry out the pre-monsoon cleaning drive in which ideas like making compost out of the organic waste and treating garbage on the spot either through burial and burning came up.

 To carry out the drive, each ward will be given Rs 25,000. Meanwhile, a district-level meeting regarding the pre-monsoon cleaning drive has called by the District Collector on Wednesday.