The Larger Visakhapatnam Municipal Company (GVMC) on Friday mentioned that measures are in place to handle sanitation points within the South Zone, and anxious officers had been alerted to make sure efficient remedial motion.
The assertion adopted the publication of a report titled “Air pollution, poor sanitation proceed to plague metropolis’s South Zone”, revealed in The Hindu on October 23, 2026.
In a press release, Assistant Medical Officer of Well being (AMOH) for the South Zone mentioned: “Sanitation employees had been commonly enterprise street cleansing, rubbish removing and desilting of drains within the localities involved. Periodical inspections had been additionally being performed to take care of cleanliness and forestall water stagnation. Nonetheless, drains continued to get blocked as some distributors and different people had been indiscriminately dumping strong waste, into the drains.”
The assertion mentioned: “These discovered dumping rubbish had been being recognized and penalised in accordance with the relevant guidelines.”
The official mentioned directions had been issued to the involved sanitary Inspectors, sanitary secretaries and sanitation employees to accentuate cleansing operations, guarantee common removing of waste and maintain the drains community freed from blockages. Distributors and residents had been additionally being suggested to dispose waste solely by way of the designated waste assortment system.
Responding to considerations over the necessity to cowl open drains with slabs and enhance and develop the drainage community, the AMOH mentioned that the matter had been delivered to the discover of the involved Engineering Division for mandatory motion.
The problem of mud air pollution had additionally been taken up with the Andhra Pradesh Air pollution Management Board (APPCB) for applicable motion, the official added.
The GVMC reiterated its dedication to bettering sanitation and safeguarding public well being within the South Zone by way of common monitoring, efficient waste administration and coordination with the departments involved.
Printed – October 23, 2026 09:45 pm IST