Civic body on ranking track

GHMC embarks on internal ranks to check out status of the city

The GHMC is gearing up conduct the internal ranking of the twin cities. Municipal corporations earn points for conducting the ranking from the Swachh Bharat committee. The ranking will be released in January 2018.

The sanitation department, seeking a good rank, is focusing on the maintenance of public toilets, disposal of solid waste and control on the use of plastic.

GHMC commissioner Dr B. Janardhan Reddy last week inspected a prefabricated public toilet at Leelanagar near the Begumpet railway station. At Begumpet, he got a report that the toilet was catering to 40 to 50 persons and many others were resorting to open defecation.

The GHMC chief directed the assistant medical officers to inspect public toilets and check maintenance, water supply and lighting to encourage more people to use them.

Medical officers who inspected toilets, garbage collection and transfer points got complaints on roadside parking, open urination and sanitation. This newspaper spoke to a few locals about civic conditions.

Mr Vijay Y. from Marthandanagar, said, “There is no drainage system in Hafeezpet and the area has problems with sewage water and breeding of mosquitoes,”

Ms Sandhya Reddy from Venkataramnagar said, “Garbage is not collected daily.”

In isolated areas beyond the city limits, the corporation has performed badly. Open defection is the norm of the day in many remote areas. “Earlier, the city lost out on toilets, management of solid waste and segregation at dumping yards. Hyderabad has to work on its sanitation aspects, said an officer with the Union urban development ministry, who is in the city to conduct the evaluation.

IN ISOLATED areas beyond the city limits, the corporation has performed badly. Open defection is the norm of the day in many remote areas.