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Remediation of dump site brings award to VMC
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Civic body’s solid waste management initiatives lauded
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Civic body’s solid waste management initiatives lauded
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) has bagged SKOCH 2020 silver award for remediation of MSW dump site at Ajit Singh Nagar through bio-mining process. The award has been given under the ‘Governance’ sector on the theme ‘Environment and sustainability’ in the executive plus category.
Briefing the panelists about the process adopted and various innovative interventions undertaken for 45 acres of land in Ajit Singh Nagar, which was covered with mixed Municipal Legacy Solid Waste that contained about 3.05 lakh MT of waste, VMC Commissioner Prasanna Venkatesh emphasised on replicability of these interventions by various other urban local bodies.
Drive to promote ‘Streetsfor People’ challenge
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Vijayawada Municipal Corporation conducted ‘S4P Children Centric Campaign’ and competitions for the students of AKTP Municipal School on Sunday to promote the Streets for People Challenge, an initiative of the Smart Cities Mission, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
Along with experts, municipal officials explained the concept of Streets for People to the students. Also, competitions in streetscape drawing, rangoli and others were conducted. Students were also asked to come up with ideas for better space distribution in the streets.
Speaking on the occasion, Additional Commissioner and nodal officer for the initiative U. Sarada Devi said that Shivalayam Street in Satyanarayanapuram and another street in Ajith Singh Nagar were identified for implementation of the project based on the feedback from the citizens.