GVMC to receive 650 garbage collection vehicles under CLAP

Each Sachivalayam will receive one, says Commissioner

As part of Clean Andhra Pradesh (CLAP) initiative, the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) will be receiving around 650 garbage collection vehicles from the State government. Addressing the media here on Monday, GVMC Commissioner G. Srijana said that there are about 578 Sachivalayams in the GVMC limits and each Sachivalayam will receive a garbage collection vehicle. Admitting that there were several issues in garbage collection process due to lack of adequate number of vehicles, she said that there were only one-third of vehicles against what was required till now. The new vehicles will resolve the issue, she said. Around 2.5 lakh Below Poverty Line (BPL) families who are unable to have dustbins in the corporation limits will receive three types of dustbins for dry, wet and hazardous wastes, she said.