Visakhapatnam to stretch itself for better performance in SS Survey

VIZAG: Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) is considering conducting a survey in the corporation’s 98 wards to measure cleanliness in the wards in the New Year, similar to the Swachh Survekshan Survey (SSS), stated G. Lakshmisha, Municipal Commissioner, GVMC. 

Such projects will provide an overview of the cleanliness in the wards, suggest ways to improve sanitation and encourage officials to compete to maintain the localities clean, informed the commissioner. 

During the annual news conference, the Commissioner spoke about his plans for 2022. Lakshmisha stated that he intends to be available to the public every day from 4 AM to 6 PM. In each zone, plans were being made to build a park dedicated solely to women.

He also directed the Sachivalayam/Secretariat personnel to hold New Year celebrations in the office with all employees and sanitary workers, as well as to make a New Year commitment to work hard and make efforts to make Visakhapatnam the cleanest city in the upcoming Swachh Survekshan Survey 2022. He stated that medical camps for sanitary staff will be held in all of the wards very soon.

Mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari had earlier given out the corporation’s progress for the year. With a budget of Rs 40,969 lakh, the civic body had undertaken 2703 development projects. There were 1554 works finished and 231 works under progress. While 306 projects were about to begin, 612 were still in the tender stage.

In the first phase of Clean Andhra Pradesh, she noted, the GVMC received roughly 361 waste collection vehicles. Below poverty line families in the city received around 2.10 lakh dustbins. The GVMC has allocated around Rs 1.50 crore to each ward as part of its ward development plan.