At least two dozen trees and branches fell in the heavy gales, blocking the West Marredpally Road from Ganesh temple to AOC. They continue to block the road two days later as the SCB and GHMC cannot decide whose job it is to do the clearing up. While the GHMC says the West Marredpally road is maintained by Cantonment authorities, the latter argues that the trees belong to the municipal corporation.

In this petty quarrel, motorists and pedestrians are inconvenienced with traffic jams becoming a common sight on the West Marredpally stretch.

“The area that is located to the right side of the West Marredpally main road (Secunderabad Public School side) belongs to the GHMC. The trees are in GHMC jurisdiction and because branches from those trees were felled, it was the duty of the GHMC to clear them,” said the SCB health superintendent, Mr O. Gajjaram. He said that once the GHMC removes the trees and branches, the SCB will take up sweeping operations and clean the road.”

The GHMC North Zone zonal commissioner, Ms K. Shivaparvathi, however said: “The West Marredpally main road belongs to the SCB. The trees and branches fell on the road. The sanitation of this road is done by the SCB. It is the duty of Cantonment authorities to keep their road clean. The GHMC sweepers have never attended to sweeping on that road. It is always the SCB workers who carry out sweeping operations on that road.”