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The Hindu 27.07.2009

Waste disposal

It is reported that ITC has come out with a proposal to lift the dry waste in GVMC area directly from the households fortnightly, by providing two ‘recycle bags’, one for waste paper and the other for plastic, leather, metal and other dry wastes. This waste to be lifted by ITC is estimated to be about 30 per cent to 35 per cent of the total waste. Already, ITC has arrangement with the corporations of Hyderabad and Eluru. The reaction of the Commissioner was that the proposal is good, but the corporation has to study the feasibility of implementation here. One fails to understand why this should be delayed as the responsibility of providing bags, collecting them fortnightly and payment to households for the waste collected is with ITC. It is better that GVMC does not put its finger in this. Simultaneously, the wet waste management to produce manure and power should be given to another organisation undertaking such work in Chennai and elsewhere to dispose of the wet waste. These two steps will reduce the cost of maintenance of cleanliness and dispose of the waste and earn income out of it to the GVMC.

Ganti Mahapatruni Rama Rao

Visakhapatnam

Kudos to Navy

The Eastern Naval Command has done Visakhapatnam proud. The launching of the first nuclear powered submarine in the City of Destiny is laudable. This speaks volumes of the intellectual prowess our nation is bestowed with. The scientific temperament in the youth should be ignited so that our nation could reach much higher pedestals in the years to come. Hats off to ENC and Dr. Manmohan Singh, the brain behind the economic reforms, that placed India in the top six in the comity of nations, which are having state of the art fire power even from the ocean bed.

Gopal Tallamraju

Visakhapatnam

Disturbing trend

It is unfortunate that the State Government issued GO Ms.190 in December 2007 under which teachers have been repatriated to other districts arbitrarily. Many teachers were selected and appointed through DSC 1996 open quota of 20 per cent under non-locals. Prior to 2001, the teacher applicants were allowed 70:30 locals and non-locals.

Many, particularly women teachers who were selected in 1996 had married and living with their spouses before the selection and appointment as teachers. Spouses working in Vizianagaram district as lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants for over two decades are not treated as spouses by the State Government which treats only government servants as spouses allowing transfer for both in the same district. The GO 610 is not applicable to coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Also, some teachers, who belong to other states, have been appointed in Vizianagaram district and at the same time, some candidates have been repatriated to other districts, applying different yardstick in respect of the same candidates. I request the Chief Minister to provide justice viewing this sympathetically.

S. Narasimha Murthy

Vizianagaram

Stop ragging

A prestigious seat of higher learning Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati started this academic year on a bad note with eight senior M.Com students booked for ragging.

One fails to understand as to why and how this shameful act of ragging is raising its ugly head in educational institutions.

It is evident the Government has taken a serious note of this dirty practice. In view of this, students, particularly seniors, should refrain from ragging lest their careers should be jeopardised.

G. Mary Hema Prabha

Kakinada