The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) will accord top priority to sanitation in the city, said Commissioner C. Hari Kiran here on Wednesday.
“Sanitation is a basic service, and the corporation will leave no stone unturned in improving sanitation in the city,” Mr. Kiran said after distributing six tricycles and 10 wheelbarrows to workers at a function here.
The tricycles and wheelbarrows were donated by Anu Hospital chairman G. Ramesh as part of the corporate social responsibility initiative of the hospital. Mr. Kiran said improving sanitation was not only the responsibility of the municipal corporation but also corporate companies. “There are several companies which can help in taking measures to ensure better sanitation,” he added.
The corporation will soon release dues to residential associations that take up sanitation in their respective colonies by hiring workers.
“The dues have been pending for the last 18 months. We will release them in a week,” he said.
The VMC is also planning to send proposals to the government on setting up a sewage treatment plant. As many as 10 companies have approached the corporation and evinced interest in setting up the plant to generate electricity using wet and dry waste, the VMC chief said. The plant will require at least 18 acres of land.
Three places have been identified for establishing the new facility. “We are sending proposals to the government. It will take eight months for grounding the project after getting the government’s nod,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Anu Hospital chairman G. Ramesh said poor sanitation would result in the spread of communicable diseases and cautioned people to maintain proper sanitation.
