The Hindu 01.12.2009
Municipality asked to improve sanitation
Special Correspondent
| MLC promises funds for development |
Officials told to remove encroachments
Concern over delay in acquiring land for dumping yard
ONGOLE: Telugu Desam Party MLC, Siddha Raghava Rao, has exhorted the municipality to improve sanitation and control diseases like chikun gunya and dengu which have become prevalent in the town causing concern.
He attended the general body meeting of Ongole Municipal Council held here on Monday for the first time after he became MLC one year ago.
He wanted the municipality to supply drinking water at least on alternate days instead of once in three days as in vogue now. He asked the officials to take up comprehensive development of the town and promised to allot funds from his constituency development fund.
Saying that hundreds of people are thronging Rangaraya tank bund for walking every day, he felt the need to improve facilities for them.
Earlier, Municipal Commissioner, Ravindra Babu, welcomed Mr. Raghava Rao with a bouquet. Mr. Raghava Rao said that he would attend the town council meeting more often from now and involve himself in its development.
Congress councillors hauled up the officials for failure to evict the hut dwellers encroaching upon prime land in Vura tank here even after the court gave judgment in favour of municipality a fortnight ago.
Town planning officials said that the court gave 14 days time for the encroachers to evict the land. As the given time would lapse in 2-3 days, steps would be taken to evict them, they said.
Saying that the construction of auditorium was held up due to these encroachments, the councillors urged the officials to remove the encroachments without further delay. The council also expressed concern over delay in acquiring land for dumping yard. As there is no dumping yard for the town, the officials are littering garbage in all vacant places in the town endangering the health of the people. The councillors criticised the officials for poor condition of drains and street lights in the town.
