Vijayawada: With the pending of underground drainage system at Maruti Nagar located on Eluru Road in Vijayawada city, the residents are experiencing hardships even during small rains.
This is the area where the first Vijayawada Mayor T. Venkateswara Rao resided. The residents in the colony observed that they have been facing drainage problem for a long time.
“We requested the municipal corporation officials to solve the underground drainage problem, as it had been inundating the roads whenever it was blocked or overloaded due to heavy rains. But, the VMC officials took it as a common issue and did not bother to solve it,” observed Mr R. Krishna, a resident of the colony.
Apart from that, mosquito menace in the colony is very common, observed the residents. They explained that the stagnated drainage in the side drains and the waste which was uncollected from the dustbins were the main reasons behind the spread of the mosquitos in the colony.
The VMC officials should try to prevent the mosquiteos by using fogging method temporarily and solve the drainage problem as a long-term solution, suggested Ms Kamalamma, a local resident. She also observed that the proper collection of waste was required.
