GHMC to eradicate all open garbage pits

HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to remove all open garbage pits. M Dana Kishore, GHMC Commissioner, while addressing a review meeting consisting zonal commissioners, officials of various wings and several NGOs of Charminar and L B Nagar zone at Salar Jung Museum said that the civic body would work more efficiently on implementing sanitation work in the city.

Kishore guaranteed that in the next 10 days, all the open garbage pits would be removed. He added that there would be constant collection of trash from commercial areas; 15 tons of plastic will be collected from each circle and for clearing debris from roads, nalas and water bodies, a C&D vehicle will be allocated to each ward.

At the meeting, Kishore also mentioned about Haritha Haram Programme, a large-scale tree-planting program implemented by the Government of Telangana said, “Action plan should be drawn to plant at least two lakh saplings in each ward.” He further urged officials to identify vacant spaces, government offices, private institutions and educational institutions and plant trees in these places. “Two lakh plants should be planted in every ward covering all 150 divisions of GHMC limits.