GHMC gears up to rejuvenate 39 lakes under 13 packages

HYDERABAD: GHMC is gearing up to rejuvenate 39 lakes by removing water hyacinth with Rs 3,112 lakh. GHMC standing committee on Thursday approved the agenda to rejuvenate 39 lakes under 13 packages. The lakes will be rejuvenated phase wise and the action plan has been rolled out for its restoration and maintenance for the next three years.
Hakeempet Kunta, Katora House(Karwan), Nallagandla Cheruvu and Thammidi Kunta (Chanda Nagar) are some of the lakes which are getting a facelift.
“Out of the 13 packages, nine packages were approved by the committee, four were approved by GHMC commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar. Proposal to remove water hyacinth from Miralam Tank and its maintenance (for three years) with Rs 950 lakh was sent to state government for approval,” said a GHMC official. As per the contract, the agency should clean the lake by removing water hyacinth and the waste should be transported to municipal solid waste treatment plant located in Jawahar Nagar. Cleaning and transportation activity will be done for three years by the agencies.
After the standing committee meeting, another meeting was held at GHMC head office where civic officials were directed by Hyderabad Mayor, Bonthu Rammohan to speed up works pertaining to bus shelters and public washrooms. “Out of the 347 new bus shelters being built, construction of 90 bus shelters has completed. By August 15, we want to complete the construction of 3,000 public washrooms,” said Rammohan.