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Time of India
01-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Nellore gets new 3D sweeping machines
1 2 3 Tirupati: Municipal Administration Minister Ponguru Narayana, along with Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, formally launched a fleet of 3D sweeping machines as part of the Swachh Bharat-Swachh Andhra initiative at the 54th division in Nellore city on Sunday. The fleet of three machines, worth ₹1.50 crore, was procured by the Nellore Municipal Corporation to keep the city clean. Minister Narayana handed over the vehicles to the Swachh Andhra Corporation, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing cleanliness and sanitation. He also appealed to the public to maintain the city's cleanliness and take ownership of their surroundings, branding it 'Our Nellore'. Later, the minister inaugurated ration shops allocated by the state government, encouraging the public to utilize the facilities, which would be open during the first fortnight of every month. Additionally, Narayana and Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy launched the 'Shadi Manzil' development works at Janardhan Reddy locality in the city. The Nellore city MLA and MP have jointly donated ₹1 crore to complete the Shadi Manzil works within four months.
The Hindu
08-05-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Nellore Municipal Corporation takes multiple steps to curb mosquito menace in city
Nellore Municipal Corporation (NMC) has taken multiple measures to prevent mosquito menace in the city limits. Due to a brief spell of rain in the past few days, the rainwater stagnated at public places and open sites, has turned into a breeding ground for mosquitoes. To check the spread of vector-borne diseases, special steps have been initiated across all divisions in the city. As a part of the supervision of sanitation works, NMC Commissioner Y.O. Nandan visited the localities, including YSR Nagar, Mallaiah Gunta, Kendriya Vidyalayam, and Journalist Colony in 30th Division on Thursday morning. He spoke to the local people directly and inquired about their problems related to water. Speaking to The Hindu, NMC Commissioner Y.O. Nandan said, 'The fogging process is being taken up daily in all divisions under the municipal limits. Apart from this, spraying, releasing oil balls, raising Gambusia fish, and other steps are also underway. However, these are temporary measures. We have started standard measures also to keep mosquitoes at bay.' 'During the last few years, drains have been neglected in the city. Now, we are reviving all the minor and major drains by spending over ₹6 crore. Desiltation of internal canals has already begun with ₹1.5 crore. The desiltation process will take place in Nellore Rural constituency with ₹2.5 crore and in Nellore City constituency with ₹2.7 crore. The tenders will be opened on May 12,' he added. With the desilting of the minor and medium drains, the free flow of water will stop the production of the larval growth, preventing the mosquito menace in the city. Along with regular desilting and silt removal work, the Commissioner has directed the staff to spray mosquito repellents in drains across all divisions. He asked the supervising staff to ensure that wet and dry waste is collected separately. He suggested that the fogging process should be done in all divisions only from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. and from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. through hand fogging machines. Complete details of the fogging process carried out every day should be reported to the higher authorities in the office. The Commissioner ordered the sanitation workers to be responsible in their duties and warned them of strict action if they are negligent in their duties. If the fogging machine is under repair, the machine should be taken from the nearest Secretariat and used in a timely manner, and fogging should be carried out regularly in all divisions. Special campaign A special campaign has been started to offer underground drainage (UGD) connection to residents for just ₹1 from Thursday. The campaign was launched in Nawabpet and Bhagat Singh Colony areas. 'Due to lack of awareness among the people, very few UGD connections have been taken up so far. We are trying to motivate educated and elite households to opt for UGD,' Mr. Nandan said. He advised the officials to expedite the ongoing UGD connections across the city and contribute to a clean city. He directed the representatives of L&T and other companies to quickly complete the daily targets set for UGD connections. Through the UGD system, the sanitation work can be carried out in a planned manner throughout the city, he informed.
Hans India
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Commissioner directs officials to focus on PGRS
Nellore: Nellore Municipal Commissioner Y. O. Nandan has directed the officials to concentrate over addressing the petitions being received in Public Grievance Redress System (PGRS). The Commissioner has conducted meeting with departments heads, senior assistants, junior assistants of all departments at Command Control Centre (CCC) in the corporation building here on Friday. While questioning the credibility of the officials of their failure in addressing representations in time bound manner, the commissioner has pointed out that such type of negligence causes prevail unrest among the petitioners. He pointed out that the petitioners are repeatedly rounding the office to know their status of representation due to lack of proper communication from the consent departments. While saying that government is giving top priority for the petitions received during PGRS, the commissioner has directed departments to feel responsible for dispatching the representations related to various services by effectively implementing the Service Level Agreement (SLA) in the interest of public. He directed the legal cell division officials to show special attention for disposal of court cases without delay. The commissioner directed officials to compulsory enroll the facial recognition-based attendance tracking through implementation APFRS app initiated by the government. Nellore Municipal Corporation Manager Inaitullah, and others were present.
