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Plagued by unsanitary conditions

By P. Sujatha Varma

VIJAYAWADA, MARCH 9. Residents of the 48th division of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation appear to have learnt to live with perennial problems. Improper sanitary conditions like overflowing drains, resulting in mosquito menace in some pockets is a longstanding issue awaiting redressal. The division, spread from the Post Office Bazaar to Babu Rao Street in

Krishnalanka, has a population of nearly 22,000 people comprising employees and workers in the transport sector.

Represented by the Bharatiya Janata Party Corporator, Kolapalli Ganesh, people in the division are facing problems with regard to improper sanitation. Desilting of the clogged drains, absence of retaining walls to side canals in residential areas, drinking water problem in some of the pockets are major irritants that await immediate solution.

The areas located on the banks of the Krishna, from Ranadive community hall up to Kanakadurgamma Vaaradhi, are worst hit due to lack of sanitation.

Drinking water

Drinking water is inadequate, as many public taps have stopped functioning forcing the residents to fetch potable water from distant areas.

V. Rama Rao, a watchman at Lal Bahadur Street near V.M Ranga Upper Primary School complains about the wide gaps in the culverts joining two roads. Vehicles, especially two-wheelers, face serious problems in the night, he points out.

M. Krishna of Rajaka Street near the Post Office Road is vexed with the mosquito problem. "The civic authorities do not bother to do anything about it and our Corporator is seldom seen in the area," he complains.

Mr. Ganesh also faces charges of unequal distribution of development works across the division.

He is criticised for what some people allege as `ignoring' the development of Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu High School besides diverting a major part of the funds for grooming Satyamgari Doddi, later christened Rajiv Colony.

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