Opposition parties allege rise in dengue cases and poor sanitation

‘Door-to-door garbage collection is not up to the mark and dump bins are not cleared till 11 a.m. at many areas’

The third council meet of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) was a stormy affair, with the Opposition parties like the TDP, CPI(M) and the JSP taking a dig at the corporation over increase in seasonal diseases, poor sanitation and irregularities in Nadu-Nedu scheme.

The opposition took the centrestage when the GVMC secretary proposed the sixth point in the agenda that dealt with extension of services of 85 malaria workers and health care assistants. Responding to it, TDP corporator K. Govinda Reddy alleged that extension of services was an eyewash and in reality the staff strength in malaria department and the Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) was minimal.