Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner H.M. Dhyanachandra.
The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) Commissioner H.M. Dhyanachandra has proposed odour control units in order to prevent unpleasant odour from sewage treatment plants.
As part of his field visit on July 10, Thursday, the Commissioner inspected the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Ramalingeswara Nagar in the city and instructed officials to submit a report on the current odour levels at the plant and to compare it with the levels after the installation of the odour control units. He said he would verify the effectiveness of the units after installation.
The Commissioner directed the officials to install the same odour control units in sewage treatment plants across Vijayawada and also asked them to ensure proper maintenance and safety measures. He also suggested integrating a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) System with alarms and sensors to detect any malfunctions or failures in the units.
Awareness
The Commissioner felt students should be taken to sewage treatment units to raise awareness about the functioning of these units. Each unit must have a signage board explaining its engineering functions in detail, so that students can learn the technical aspects involved, he said.
Officials present during the visit were Chief Engineer R. Srinath Reddy, Chief Medical and Health Officer K. Arjun Rao, Chief City Planner Sanjay Ratnakumar, Zonal Commissioner K. Shammi, Supervising Engineers P. Satyanarayana and P. Satyakumari, Project Officer (UCD) P. Venkatanarayana, and other staff members.
Published – July 10, 2025 07:24 pm IST
