The Hindu      12.01.2011

Commissioner comes out with solution for drainage problem

K. Venkateswarlu, Commissioner of the Eluru Municipal Corporation (EMC), on Tuesday offered a permanent solution to the drainage problem in Shanti Nagar area under 22nd division in the city. He was speaking at a meeting of the representatives of various colonies in 22nd and 24th divisions here.

He said the corporation had set apart Rs 1 crore for improvement of drains in the city. The participants brought to the Commissioner's notice about the roads in bad condition.

The residents of Shanti Nagar complained that the open drainage system in their colony was exposing them to serious health hazards. Jillellamudi Narasimha Rao, an activist, expressed his serious displeasure over the alleged laxity on the part of the EMC in attending civic problems in the city. The Commissioner, however, said the official machinery was striving hard for improvement of civic amenities in the city. B.V. Bhadrudu, president of the Postal Colony Residents Welfare Association, complained that the people in their colony were fed up with open defecation on the bunds of the Krishna-Eluru canal. He urged the administration to take strong measures against the menace.