Hyderabad: No solution for waste collection

Hyderabad: The GHMC authorities are themselves disappointed with the garbage collection method in the city. The problem lies with both the public and the sanitation workers, they say. Many do not follow the segregation rule at home while the sanitation workers too don’t insist on it.

In several colonies the specialised vehicles do not transport garbage and the old, blue tricycles are still used. Also, 44 lakh bins are yet to be distributed. Ms Kanika Gupta of Sainikpuri said, “My family segregates waste at home. The green bin is used for kitchen waste and plastics go in the blue one. But we get the blue tricycle, which is not specialised to accept segregated waste. Contents of both the bins are dumped into the vehicle and our efforts are wasted. The sanitation worker says they are yet to get the specialised vehicle.”

Meanwhile, complaints of garbage being burnt continue to pour in. GHMC commissioner B. Jana-rdhan Reddy, during a recent meet with the mayor and corporators had said that door to door garbage collection was not up to the mark. “Involvement of citizens and Residential Welfare Associations will help the GHMC take up the civic works, the door-to-door garbage collection is not up to expectations. Proper awareness is needed for the people and the sanitation staff,” he added. The GHMC has appealed to residents who got the bins to follow the two-bin policy as the state government has spent Rs 41.40 crore to procure the bins. Tippers will transfer garbage to transfer stations where waste will be collected in two piles. Segregated waste will then be transported to Jawaharnagar.