The Hindu 24.08.2012
VMC chalks out plan to reduce pollution levels
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has urged the
people to extend their cooperation in making the city clean and green.
Addressing a meeting with residential welfare associations (RWAs), park
committees etc here on Thursday, Municipal Commissioner Md. Abdul Azeem
said that the Corporation launched Green Mission 2012 project. The
comprehensive plan was chalked out involving horticulture, engineering,
and town planning wings of the Corporation.
The
objective of the programme was to reduce the pollution levels in the
city. The school children etc would take up sapling plantation on every
Saturday. Green rallies would be organised, he said, adding, the roads
and traffic islands’ beautification of traffic islands etc would also be
taken up in near future.
Sanitation drive
Mr. Azeem said that the Corporation organised special sanitation drive to create awareness on sanitation among the public.
The
drive resulted in announcing some residential areas as litter free
colonies. The people should not throw the litter on to the streets and
side drains.
They were requested to make use of door
to door garbage collection. With it, the garbage disposal and keeping
side drains clean would be easy, he said.
Youth
Welfare Officer Velaga Joshi, CMOH M. Satyanarayana Raju, City Planner
S. Chakrapani, Examiner of Accounts M. Varaprasad, Assistant Director of
Horticulture N. Sujatha and Deputy Fire Officer Prasad were among those
present at the meeting.