The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has deployed a state-of-the-art amphibious dredger (Truxor T150) to clean the Eluru, Bandar and Ryves canals in Vijayawada. The machine is capable of cleaning water hyacinth, plastic and tree debris that fall into the canals from the canal embankments. The new VMC chief, Dhyanachandra with government nod, procured the machine to reduce water pollution and clean …
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Commissioner H.M. Dhyanachandra on September 19 said 1,400 sanitation workers would be deployed in three shifts in 27 localities across the city, as part of the arrangements for the 10-day Dasara festivities between October 3 and 12. Thirty-five lakh drinking water bottles and packets are being readied for distribution among devotees and 150 temporary toilets and six …
In a tragic incident, a six-year-old boy reportedly fell in a drainage and drowned at Gurunanak Colony, in the city on May 5. “The boy Abhiram accidentally fell in the overflowing drainage while playing and drowned,” said the locals. The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and Police officials launched search for the missing boy. …