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VMC to focus on improving city parks

Tuesday, 06 January 2015 10:05 administrator
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The Hindu      06.01.2015   

VMC to focus on improving city parks

With complaints pouring in from all quarters over poor maintenance of parks, the Lighting and Parks Special Committee has decided to lay focus on improving amenities, especially play equipment for children in the parks maintained by Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.

During the committee meeting held here on Monday, Committee chairperson A. Shailaja said efforts would be made in bringing the parks in all the 59 divisions for better public utility. Special emphasis should be laid on developing at least one park exclusive for children with all play equipment in the city.

She sought the cooperation of residents’ welfare associations in maintaining the parks. During the meeting, the committee members discussed about the much-awaited installation of LED streetlights in the city. Authorities informed that the installation of LED streetlights would commence in two months, said a press release.

Meanwhile, Mayor Koneru Sridhar stressed on the need to rope in students in creating awareness on the segregation of dry and wet waste generated in the city at source itself.

The Corporation authorities said a special drive was commenced since January 15 in collecting dry and wet waste in the city.

A special programme on the importance of segregating dry and wet waste in VMC Council Hall and sanitary inspectors and town planning personnel participated in the programme.

The Mayor said soon after the completion school assembly, municipal school students should conduct rallies and programmes on the importance of segregating the waste.

 

‘Smart city’ plan for Ongole unveiled

Tuesday, 06 January 2015 10:02 administrator
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The Hindu         06.01.2015 

‘Smart city’ plan for Ongole unveiled

Telugu Desam Party MLA D. Janardhana Rao has said that Ongole would be made into a ‘smart’ city at an expenditure of Rs. 1,500 crore.

Speaking to the media on Monday, he said Union Urban Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu had promised a Central assistance for Rs. 423 crore to augment the drinking water supply to the city from Gundlakamma river and strengthening its processing and distribution network. Under the NTR Sujala Sravathi scheme, 24 reverse osmosis plants would be set up to cover all divisions in the city to distribute 20 litres of water at just Rs. 2 in slums, he added.

Drainage problem would be a thing of past as the government had approved a Rs. 83-crore scheme to modernise the Potharaju canal. All drainage lines in the city would be connected to the canal in the north and Nallavagu in the south, he explained.

The ambitious plan included slum-free Ongole, upgrade of the road network, setting up of a theme park with boating and other recreation facilities at Rangarayuduchervu, an auditorium and a stadium. Solar energy would be tapped to set up traffic signalling systems at important road junctions. “We are in the process of finding a permanent solution to garbage problem. About 20 acres has been identified on the city outskirts for a permanent dumping yard,” he added.

House sites would be provided to all eligible beneficiaries on a saturation basis , he said.

 

Water board to get 100 cr.

Tuesday, 06 January 2015 09:36 administrator
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The Hindu       06.01.2014 

Water board to get 100 cr.

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has assured that the government would immediately release Rs. 100 crore to Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board to improve drinking water and drainage facilities in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits.

At a meeting with officials to review drinking water needs of Hyderabad, Mr. Rao stressed the need to increase supply of drinking water for the city from the present 20 tmc feet to 35 tmc feet keeping in view the growth in population in the coming years. Apart from drinking water, the administration should also ensure that the rain water was not stagnant on roads. Asking officials to study how to step up supply of water to the city, Mr. Rao suggested that works to divert Godavari water from Yellampally should be speeded up.

 
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