The Hindu 13.08.2010
Plea to appoint special officer for Municipal Corporation
Staff Reporter
NELLORE: As the term for the council for Municipal Corporation of Nellore (MCN) is about to complete and the election schedule was not announced till date, the government should appoint a special officer with IAS cadre for the Corporation, said PCC secretary Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy.
Inaugurating the sanitation drive to prevent mosquito menace in the city, Mr. Sridhar Reddy said the public was suffering with mosquitoes and hospitals were filled with fever cases and other diseases, but the MCN officials failed to improve sanitation.
With the rainy season coming ahead, a special officer is very much necessary to monitor the desiltation, fogging, anti-larval operations, garbage clearing and other works in the corporation, he said.
Mr. Sridhar Reddy launched the drive by releasing oil balls in a drainage, which will kill the mosquito larva in stagnated waters. The Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan workers will drop the balls in all major drainages in the city and also distribute them to the public at free of cost.
Public may call over 98494-92225 for free delivery of oil balls, he said and appealed to the people to cooperate for Congress party activists in this regard.
NSUI district secretary T. Jayavardhan, district Youth Congress general secretary V. Srinivas Rao, city BC Cell vice-president K. Srinivasulu and others participated.
