The New Indian Express 21.08.2012
Civic body to rope in residents to clean up parks
The civic body has invited expression of interest for participation of
resident and colony welfare associations for improvement and maintenance
of parks in their respective colonies.
With a majority of colony parks in the city being in a pathetic
condition, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has hit
upon an idea to rope in the residents themselves to clean them up.
There are nearly 900 such parks in GHMC limits.
The
civic body has invited expression of interest for participation of
resident and colony welfare associations for improvement and maintenance
of parks in their respective colonies.
Speaking to City Express,
GHMC officials said the performance of the resident and colony welfare
associations will be evaluated by an evaluation agency.
The
first, second and third best colonies will be selected in each zone
after assessing their performance between October 1, 2012 and March 31,
2013.
The top three will be rewarded with development works amounting to `15 lakh, `10 lakh and `5 lakh respectively.
The
welfare associations can obtain applications from the GHMC and apply to
the Additional Commissioner (Health and Sanitation) by August 31 or
mail to ac_ health@ghmc.
gov.
in and ac.
health.
ghmc@ gmail.
com.
The
finalization of evaluation criteria will be completed before September
10 and identification of eligible EOIs on September 15.
The
evaluation of colonies will be based on door-to-door garbage collection
(15 marks), cleanliness of roads, lanes, by-lanes and open spaces (10
marks), maintenance of greenery and cleanliness in park and litter bins
at all commercial establishments among others.
