The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has come up with a “100-day action plan” to improve garbage collection and disposal processes and make Hyderabad a garbage-free city.
Despite the corporation implementing an integrated solid waste management system, 2,500 garbage-vulnerable points (GVPs) were recently identified, indicating the need for additional sanitation measures.
As a result, the civic body has proposed a GVP elimination helpline number, CCTV surveillance of these vulnerable points, and the establishment of command control centres for GVPs. The GHMC has decided to form ‘basti sanitation committees’ and launch GVP elimination campaigns in order to increase public participation.
Container-based transfer stations will be deployed at vulnerable points as part of new sanitation measures to avoid open dumping, and the corporation has also planned to felicitate people who come forward and join their efforts to keep the city clean.
The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) proposed the ‘100-day action plan’ after assessing the root cause of GVPs and infrastructure gaps in a study that covered several residential and commercial areas. GHMC commissioned the study.
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As part of the action plan, the Zonal Commissioners will designate an officer on special duty (OSD) to eliminate GVPs at the circle level, and the corporation’s resources, including staff, will be deployed there.
Improving door-to-door collection efficiency in slums through community-based interventions, standardising collection timing and tariff for slum and non-slum areas, and increasing waste collection frequency in commercial / street vending zones will also be prioritised.
“The corporation has invested in state-of-art technologies, innovative models and practices towards managing municipal solid waste (MSW), from collection to final disposal but GVPs were identified. Following this, new measures are being incorporated,” said a GHMC official.
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