The Hindu             26.09.2013

‘VMC has made alternative arrangements for water supply’

Municipal Commissioner G.S. Panda Das has allayed the fears that emergency services will hit due to the mass casual leave of engineering staff.

The Commissioner on Wednesday said emergency services, including, supply of drinking water, Under Ground Drainage (UGD) and street lighting, would not be affected. The Corporation made alternative arrangements for water supply etc.

The people could contact (0866) 2573223 incase they faced any problem, he said.

It may be recalled that the engineering staff of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) had applied for mass casual leave from September 26 to 28 to express their solidarity to ongoing agitation against the decision to bifurcate the State.

The indoor and outdoor staff of engineering section, including Chief Engineer, Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineers, and Deputy Executive Engineers etc., have already applied for mass casual leave (CL).

They have decided to hand over their SIM cards to Mr. Pandadas before going on leave.

The engineering section will not attend to drinking water, under ground drainage (UGD) and street lighting etc emergency services during these three days, they said.