396 persons recover from coronavirus
For the third day in a row, the Visakhapatnam district reported more than 800 new COVID-19 cases. In the last 24 hours, the district recorded 810 new infections, taking the cumulative tally to 72,151 as on Friday morning.
The death toll also rose to 578 as three more persons succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to the COVID-19 bulletin released by Special Officer P.V. Sudhakar.
With the latest cases, the total number of cases and deaths reported in the district is 9,853 and 32 respectively.
The number of active cases also rose to 5,866. As many as 396 persons undergoing treatment for the virus have been recovered in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of recoveries to 65,707.
GVMC sets up 10 plastic bottle crushing machines
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Srijana urges people to drop used plastic in them
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Srijana urges people to drop used plastic in them
With a motto to combat plastic menace and recycle it, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has set up 10 plastic bottle crushing machines at various places. GVMC Commissioner G. Srijana inaugurated a machine at the City Central Park here on Tuesday.
Ms. Srijana said that three of the 10 plastic bottle crushing machines will be arranged at GVMC office, City Central Park and Beach Road. She instructed Chief Engineer M Venkateswar Rao to arrange the remaining seven machines at various other public places. She said that each crushing machine costs about ₹10 lakh. Stressing the need for recycle and reuse of plastic, she said that all it needs for people is just to drop the waste/used plastic in the machine. She also explained the measures being taken by the civic body to combat plastic.