Hyderabad: GVPs make a comeback
Sources said dividing the sanitation works between three officials had created confusion.
Hyderabad: The GHMC has distributed 44 lakh dustbins to households and allocated 2,000 swachh auto tippers to collect and segregate waste separately but has managed to collect only 40 per cent of the garbage the city generates.
The rest of the garbage is being dumped on the road side. This has resulted an increase in the number of garbage vulnerable points (GVPs), which the GHMC had claimed to have eliminated.
Due to this and irregular functioning of Swachh autos, sanitary conditions are worsening, a factor in the city slipping five rungs in the Swachh Survekshan rankings.
Sources said dividing the sanitation works between three officials had created confusion. The new officers have been not making field visits to monitor sanitation, As a result even though the GHMC is paying instalments for the tippers, the drivers have been not picking up garbage from the doorsteps regularly.
These facts came to light during a survey carried out by the GHMC. Initial studies revealed that there were 1,109 GVPs across 30 circles. Through a mobile app, real time data regarding quantity and type of waste, surrounding land use and reasons for the situation was collected. The survey Circles 4A, 4B, 7, 9A, 9B, Uppal, Alwal, Patencheru, Kukatpally were found to be vulnerable.
Asked about this, a senior GHMC official said sanitation cannot be improved without citizen participation. He said 200 more swachh autos would be deployed to improve the situation.