In addition to being one of the most wooded capitals in the country, Campo Grande stands out for the attention given by the City Council to the cleaning and conservation of roads both in the center and in the neighborhoods. Every day, an average of 35 crews carry out manual or mechanized street sweeping, weeding and cleaning to remove paper, tree leaves and dirt that accumulate and can cause blockages in the sewers.

In addition to routine services, since last week the Town Hall has been carrying out an effort to clean cemeteries as well as felling and removing trees and branches broken by last Thursday’s heavy rains. This Tuesday, the teams are concentrated in 31 points in Campo Grande, such as the neighborhoods Cachoeira, Jardim Aclimação, Santo Antonio, Vila Sobrinho, Jardim dos Estados, Amambai, Coronel Antonino, Taquarussu, Guanandi, Jardim Anache, Estrela Dalva, Jockey Clube. , Taquaral Bosque, Aero Rancho, Buriti, Tiradentes and downtown.

Narcisa Lopes, resident of Bairro Guanandi for 50 years, highlighted the work carried out by
the municipal administration seeing the team cleaning Gunter Hans Avenue today. “The clean-up has been done well, but many residents do not help and throw their trash in the street. » A common situation faced daily by Paulo Alves Barbosa and Rodrigo Oliveira, who were cleaning the median of Gunter Hans Avenue this Tuesday.

In just over 20 meters, they picked up two trash bags. Each bag can hold up to 40 kilos of waste. “We can find everything, these days we receive a lot of disposable diapers,” comments Rodrigo. “It often happens that we clean, collect the waste and soon people start throwing their waste in the street again.” Nevertheless, for them and their teammate Isabelino Camargo, it is a pleasure to work to keep the city where they live clean. “It’s good for us to have recognition for our work,” commented Isabelino.

Acknowledgement

This work is also recognized by people who visit Campo Grande for work or tourism. Participating in a national event at the Bioparque Pantanal in September this year, the director-president of the Federal District Cleaning Service, Silvio Vieira, highlighted the care that the city
receives from the municipal administration. “On September 19, I was in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul and I found the city very beautiful, especially very clean. I would like to congratulate the City Hall, which has done an exemplary job in cleaning up the city,” said Sílvio.

Municipal Secretary of Infrastructure and Public Services, Domingos Sahib Neto, emphasizes that the municipal leadership has paid special attention to the cleaning and maintenance of the capital. “It’s a big responsibility, our city has almost a million inhabitants, with a huge urban area and yet we do a good job. Municipal leadership has prioritized cleaning and conservation services in our city.

Ney Gonçalves, who has worked in the tourism sector for 31 years at the front desk, says it is common to hear comments from guests about Campo Grande. “It makes me proud to hear the comments they make that our city is well maintained. They are impressed by the cleanliness and conservation, especially on Avenida Afonso Pena. Among the tourists served by the company of Ney Gonçalves – who is also director of Abav (Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies), 70% are foreigners – Americans, English, Canadians, Japanese. Ney Gonçalves.

Tour guide Leonardo Resende, who serves many clients from Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Sergipe, Alagoas and Rio de Janeiro, is another who tells the vision that visitors have of the capital of Mato Grosso do Sul. On the tour we pass by the main points of the city and on the way people tend to praise the access roads to the city, which is a clean, spacious city with lots of trees and the city is very organized.

“Cleaning up the city is a commitment taken seriously in Campo Grande. In our tourist service centers and in the events we participate in, we receive many compliments from visitors for the public initiatives developed and raising awareness in society,” says Wantuyr Tartari,
superintendent of Tourism in Sectur (Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism).

According to the report established by the Superintendence of Public Services of Sisep, from January to August of this year, 1,648,762.38 square meters of weeding, scraping and manual mowing were carried out, 22,866,851.58 square meters of mechanized mowing with rear machine, 6,236,236.10
square meters of mowing with tractor, cleaning of 30,751,970.06 square meters of areas, 55,06.31 square meters which received teams for sweeping streets, roads and public places and painting of 1,143.67 km of curbs.