56.6 tonnes of garbage choking nalas in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Almost 56.6 metric tonnes of garbage is being dumped by about 2.83 lakh households in nalas in the 20,000 identified encroachments, according to the GHMC commissioner Dr B. Janardhan Reddy.

He gave this information to urban community development officials on Sunday during a teleconference to identify the offending households and to curb such practices to prevent silting and water overflows causing road damage.

He asked officials to constitute joint working groups at the deputy commissioners’ level to identify localities and enumerate properties and households. “Awareness should be generated among the public from these households by taking up of campaigns especially about not disposing garbage into nalas. Enumeration of Self Help Group women who are dwelling in these encroachments is needed to establish a specialised channel of communication,” he said.

Reviewing on door-to-door garbage collection, the commissioner directed officials to identify the localities which were not interested in paying Rs. 50 per month to tipper drivers and tricycle pullers. "Identify the localities which are not convenient to ply auto tippers and arrange tricycles with a coordination of health wing. Convince community to pay Rs. 50 per month to tricycle pullers. Establish Swachh Volunteers for all such pockets and Prepare action plan for coming six months," he said.

The commissioner has also reviewed on loans to Self Help Groups (SHGs) and other issues.