City Mayor Koneru Sridhar here on Wednesday said that 95 per cent of the Krishna Pushkaralu work taken up by the Municipal Corporation was complete.
At a press conference here, Mr. Sridhar announced that the city administration was fully geared up for the river festival and all necessary arrangements were made. He said that the government granted Rs. 186 crore for the corporation of which Rs. 105 crore was earmarked for roads, Rs. 40 crore for development of medians, parks, parking lots, CCTV surveillance system and others, Rs. 39 crore for sanitation and illumination works and Rs. 2 crore for Pushkar Nagars on the outskirts of the city.
“Ghats downstream and upstream of the Prakasam Barrage are divided into 22 segments and each one will be monitored by a Municipal Commissioner. In three shifts as many as 66 commissioners will be monitoring the 22 segments and also lead teams including sanitary inspectors, staff, police and others,” Mr. Sridhar said.
“We are expecting about 3.5 crore pilgrims for the festival. It is estimated that in 12 hours nearly 38 lakh people can take bath in the ghats in city. Bus services will be provided from Pushkar Nagars to ghats for the sake of pilgrims and 400 RTC buses will be operated for the same. A total of 18,000 sanitary workers will be roped in and for every five metres there will be a worker placed in the city,” he added.
When asked about delay in completion of Pinnamaneni Polyclinic Road works, Mr. Sridhar attributed it to slow pace of work on alignment of road median and delay on part of the contractor.
