Andhra Pradesh - Visakhapatnam   

Building material spills over

Staff Reporter

Civicscene

Our space: Building material dumped on a road connecting Dwarakanagar and Sankara Mutt. Photo: K.R. Deepak

VISAKHAPATNAM: With the onset of summer, construction activity begins, and peaks as the season advances. Any construction activity goes on in phases and from time to time, material, mainly sand and chips of stone, is required. The material is brought by trucks and dumped on the road. In several lanes and bylanes, one has to drive carefully and at nights, one has to be extra cautious. The material reduces the space available for traffic.

Those taking up construction activities have to take into consideration the inconvenience they are causing to road-users. They are supposed to dump the material in such a way that it causes the least trouble to others. The material must be used for construction as early as possible. The Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam (MCV) levies a charge for dumping the material for construction as well as debris. While debris can be cleared without much delay, the same cannot be said of building material since it depends upon the pace of construction. But the MCV people step in if the problem persists for long. On a road connecting Dwarakanagar and the Sankar Mutt main roads, the available space is further reduced by the erection of a shamiana. Neither can everybody afford a house huge enough to celebrate functions, nor can he hire a hall for small domestic functions. Hence roads are used for the purpose by erecting shamiana. Doubtless, it compounds the problems of road-users.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Andhra Pradesh

News: Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements |
Advts: Classifieds | Employment | Obituary | Updates: Breaking News |

Stories in this Section

Polavaram: Dattatreya for all-party meet
Minister moots Buddhist circuit for tourists
Building material spills over
`TRS confusing the issue'
No-Tobacco Day: doctors give tips on de-addiction
Place-to-be for coffee lovers
Man ends life
Around the City
In Visakhapatnam Today

Copyright © 2005, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu