No action taken on Ramky contract

Hyderabad: The state government has not proceeded any further regarding terminating Ramky Group’s contract for disposal of garbage in Greater Hyderabad. The Chief Minister in June 2015 had announced that the government would scrap the contract and take over the disposal, which is currently done by the Ramky Group.

Due to the GHMC elections held in February this year, the government had kept the decision on Ramky pending. The GHMC had entered into an agreement with Ramky in 2008.  However, this had been largely objected to by the municipal unions. Door-to-door collection of garbage and transportation is, however, being done by the GHMC . A senior official of the municipal administration and urban development department said, “The state government has now streamlined the process of door-to-door collection with the two-bin policy and specialised auto tippers. While the legal team has to study the agreement before scrapping it, the government should first chalk out an alternative to deal with garbage disposal.”