GHMC discards bins, garbage piles up on many Hyderabad roads

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) attempt to improve the city’s score in the Swachh Survekshan rankings is, unfortunately, leading to more garbage piling up on the city’s roads.
As most of the civic corporations in the country, including the GHMC, follow the concept of ‘bin-free city’ and because bins on roads carry negative marks, the civic officials have removed all garbage bins and dumped them in parts of the city, such as Shantinagar (Masab Tank), Khairatabad and other areas.

With lack of bins and the existing Swachh tippers unable to cater to all households in the city, the trash is piling up, and ironically, the GHMC parking area was also filled with garbage on Monday. “Dozens of people eat at the Annapurna canteen located adjacent to the GHMC parking lot every day. Without providing infrastructure and a mechanism to dispose of the waste, civic officials warn people of penalties for littering the city,” said Harish Daga, an activist from the city. A resident from MLA Colony in Banjara Hills said that issues of sanitation have been haunting them for a week. “Sanitation standards have gone down since a week, Road Nos. 12 and 11 of Banjara Hills have been filthy,” said P Ram, the resident.
GHMC additional commissioner for sanitation, Santosh Badavath, did not respond when TOI tried to contact him.