The Hindu       10.09.2014

Banks, DDA challaned for mosquito breeding

Government departments and banks were among the agencies challaned as mosquitoes were found breeding on their premises, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the Corporation said its Public Health Department has challaned the Delhi Development Authority’s office on the Ring Road, DSIIDC (near Jaipur Golden Hospital), BSES Customer Care at Nangloi Camp No. 3, Delhi Technical University at Shahbad Village, Punjab and Sindh Bank in Sector-3, Rohini, CISF Inspectors Quarters in Sector-3, Rohini, DTC depot in Shadipur, Social Welfare Association and District Institute of Education and Training at Pitampura.

The domestic breeding checkers of the Corporation have visited over 1.40 crore houses from January 1 till September 6 and found breeding at 24,414 spots and issued 25,579 legal notices. A total of 2,371 houses were challaned.

The Hindu      10.09.2014 

Sanitation teams move in swiftly to clean up city

The debris that piled up near the Hussainsagar during immersion on Tuesday.– Photo: Mohammed Yousuf

In a departure from earlier practice of waiting for the Ganesh idols immersion to conclude, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) this time took up a continuous sanitation drive along the city streets during the centralised procession.

Deploying more than 2,800 workers apart from their regular sanitation staff, it tried to ensure that the road stretches were swept and the litter and garbage removed even as the procession moved towards Hussainsagar Lake. This has helped in most of the city roads being brought to their normal status by 11.30 a.m. in the morning.

Between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday , the GHMC staff removed around 1,030 tonnes of garbage from the procession routes and despatched it to the dumping yard at Jawaharnagar. A fleet of 17 private vehicles were roped in which made 85 trips shifting 1,027 tonnes while the civic body vehicles made 29 trips to move the garbage from road corridors, mainly near the main immersion point of Hussainsagar. Most roads were made litter-free before noon itself and litter in the green patches on the Tank Bund along the statues too was removed, officials said. “We had restored normal road conditions by afternoon even near the immersion points but for the holding area. After the immersion of the Khairatabad idol, even this will be cleared,” said GHMC Central Zone Commissioner N. Satyanarayana. For the first time, the civic body also took up washing of roads and operated sweeping machines to ensure complete sanitation.Retrieval of idol debris

The exercise to retrieve debris from the Hussainsagar commenced late on Tuesday after the last of the idols, the ‘Maha Ganapati’ from Khairatabad was immersed around 7 p.m. Unlike in the earlier years, the GHMC and HMDA hope to remove the idol debris within 48 hours. “We have deployed more machinery and plan to complete it within 36 hours and in case of unforeseen contingencies, within 48 hours,” claimed an official.