A.P. CM inaugurates electric sanitation vehicles for Guntur Municipal Corporation
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday called upon citizens, public representatives and officials to work together to transform Guntur into a model clean city
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday called upon citizens, public representatives and officials to work together to transform Guntur into a model clean city, while virtually inaugurating 25 electric auto tippers under the Swarna Andhra–Swachh Andhra initiative. Participating virtually in the programme from Gudivada, the Chief Minister urged people to take pride in their city, compete to maintain cleanliness, and prepare a comprehensive action plan to improve sanitation.
He stressed that public participation and effective leadership were essential for achieving a cleaner urban environment. At the Guntur Collectorate, Union Minister of State for Rural Development Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, Collector C.M. Sai Kanth Varma, public representatives and officials joined the virtual inauguration. The 25 four-wheeler electric auto tippers mark the first phase of a planned deployment of 200 such vehicles across Guntur Municipal Corporation.
The State government has sanctioned ₹91 crore for procuring the fleet on a five-year hire, operation and maintenance model. Each vehicle is designed to serve around 1,000 households, carry one tonne of municipal waste and operate about 45 kilometres daily for door-to-door garbage collection. Officials said the fully electric fleet will cover nearly 2 lakh households with a daily waste-handling capacity of 340 tonnes.
The initiative is expected to save about 4.38 lakh litres of diesel annually and reduce nearly 1,173 tonnes of carbon emissions. The sanitation drive has been strengthened with the allotment of six new mechanical road-sweeping machines worth ₹6.37 crore, supplementing four existing machines to expand mechanised road cleaning and improve urban sanitation standards across the city.
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