Located on the banks of the Krishna, the city is intersected by three major irrigation canals that emanate from the Prakasam Barrage. The canals — Bandar, Ryves and Eluru — which are supposed to add beauty to the city's topography — continue to remain an eyesore thanks to denizens who dump garbage in them.
Several attempts have been made in vain by the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and district administration in the past to clean and rejuvenate the canals.
In yet another attempt to clean the canals and sensitise the public on the need to keep them free of garbage, the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has launched a month-long campaign under the State government's 'Mission Clean Krishna and Godavari Canals' to address the pollution caused due to discharge of sewage, trade effluents and other pollutants due to rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. The mission is chaired by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
