The Hindu 02.01.2014
Sanitation workers given sweets, identity cards
Mayor Mohd. Majid Hussain and GHMC Commissioner Somesh
Kumar distributed sweets and identity cards to sanitation workers at the
head office on Wednesday on the occasion of New Year. He appreciated
the efforts of the sanitary staff in making Hyderabad a pollution-free
and clean city.
Different companies and corporate
offices had come forward to sponsor sweet boxes to the entire sanitation
staff of GHMC in recognition of the vital role they play in maintaining
the city, he said.
According to a press release, the
programme was taken up in all the 150 wards and sweet boxes were
distributed to 24,000 sanitation workers.
Mayor visits orphanage
The
Mayor visited ‘Anees Ul Gurba’, which was established in 1921, near
Nampally Railway station and Amanvedika Snehaghar Boy’s Home near Bible
house, Secunderabad, and celebrated the New Year with the orphaned
children and distributed sweets and fruits to them, a press release
said.