VMC to launch drive to clear clogged drains
Besides, focus should be also laid on encouraging home composting, elimination of usage of single use plastics and open defecation, she added.
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By Express News Service
VIJAYAWADA: With the Swachh Survekshan-2021 survey for the city around the corner, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has stepped up its efforts to achieve a top rank. As a part of the Survekshan, the civic body has decided to launch a special drive to clear clogged drains and carry out desilting in major outfall drains across the city.
Chief Medical Officer for Health (CMOH) Geeta Bai along with engineering department officials on Tuesday carried out a ground level inspection of the drains under CVR flyover near Chitti Nagar. After examining the main outfall drain clogged with single use plastics and garbage, she directed the engineering department officials to launch a special drive in the city and clear the clogged drains on war-footing basis.