The New Indian Express 29.04.2017
GHMC to privatise upkeep of sanitation on select roads
HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has
decided to engage a private operator to maintain proper sanitation on
selected main roads in the city as well as ensure standards of hygiene
and environmental management on those roads.
The GHMC has been doing sanitation work on these roads through
outsourcing workers but now plans to utilise the commercial and
technical expertise of a private agency.
A special user charge of Rs 500 per instance can be collected by the
operator from anyone found littering, throwing garbage or debris on the
roads. The operator is to check unauthorised pasting of posters or
erection of banners, especially during night time, on these roads.
The operator will also be responsible for door-to-door collection of
garbage from shops, establishments and residences situated on both sides
of the main roads.Cleaning of footpaths and removal of litter, garbage
and debris from the roads will also be part of the responsibility. In
short, the roads are to be kept neat and litter-free.
According to GHMC officials, the operator is to ensure door-to-door
collection from all shops, establishments and residences along the
city’s arterial roads except bulk garbage-generating establishments like
restaurants and hotels as GHMC is already engaged in collection of bulk
garbage.
The collection will be carried out everyday as per the mutual
convenience of the owners of the premises and the operator. This
operation, the GHMC thinks, will discourage and dissuade these
establishments from throwing garbage and litter on the footpaths or
roads.
The collected garbage will be deposited at the designated locations of
GHMC for each package. User charges will be collected by the operator
and deposited into the GHMC’s account. The operator can recycle the
waste which can generate revenue for him.
The operator will also be responsible for daily cleaning of sidewalks
and footpaths, removal of waste or silt deposited at road junctions and
on footpaths.
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The civic body will deploy mechanised machines to sweep these roads once
everyday but maintenance of cleanliness of these roads throughout the
day will be the responsibility of the operator.
The operator has to deploy the required manpower and vehicles or make
other arrangements to check littering and dumping of garbage and debris
on roads.
It has come to the knowledge of GHMC that commercial establishments dump
litter or garbage on roads soon after the sanitary workers sweep those
stretches. This litter and garbage get scattered around due to wind,
leading to poor sanitary conditions. Further, pedestrians, shoppers,
motorists and other commuters throw litter which is not removed by
sanitary workers till the next day. Moreover, there is illegal dumping
of garbage and debris at night apart from pasting of posters and
erection of banners. Hence the decision to rope in a private agency.
Roads selected
- Begumpet flyover to Punjagutta junction to Banjara Hills Roads No 2 and 3
- Banjara Hills to Road No 36, Jubilee Hills
- Masab Tank Jn to Road No.1 Banjara Hills-Nagarjuna Circle
- Road No 12, Banjara Hills to Filmnagar Junction to Jubilee Hills Check-post
- Raj Bhavan Road
- Somajiguda Jn to Khairatabad Jn
- Khairtabad Jn-Telugu Talli flyover- Indira Gandhi statue-Ambedkar statue- Assembly Jn.