The Times of India 04.05.2013
HMDA to rope in IT firms for protection of nalas
HYDERABAD: The
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has decided to rope
in IT firms and non governmental organisations (NGOs) to prevent
dumping of garbage and other pollutants in the four majors nalas and other smaller nalas that are connected to Hussainsagar.
HMDA
metropolitan commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said the IT companies or
other firms can take up the awareness programme as part of their
corporate social responsibility among the people of surrounding colonies
of Hussainsagar (up to 1-2 kms along the nalas) and spread the message
that garbage and debris should not be dumped in the nalas. Officials
said the Hussainsagar Catchment Area Project has been taken up by the HMDA
and is going on at a brisk pace. The idea behind this proposal was to
prevent waste and other pollutants from entering the lake.
The NGOs or firms can also fence the nalas to prevent waste and debris dumping.
Apart from this, the HMDA is also planning to sensitize industrialists
about the need to protect nalas in the vicinity of Kukatpally and
Jeedimetla as most of the untreated waste from them flows into
Hussainsagar.
"Soon the HMDA will convene a meeting with the
zonal commissioners of AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation, AP
Pollution Control Board, Commissioner of Industries, BITS and other
NGOs. If the water flowing in the nalas connected to Hussainsagar is
clean, the lake will also be clean," Neerabh Kumar Prasad said.
