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Garbage woes pile up

Second day of stir by sanitation workers’ union

-Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

Unbearable stench: Mounds of garbage spilling over from the uncleared GHMC bins at Yousufguda Check Post on Tuesday.

HYDERABAD: Garbage lifting by the GHMC continued to be affected at least in some parts of the twin cities for the second consecutive day on Tuesday due to the ongoing strike by the sole workers union.

Heaps of garbage which piled up in different areas are posing a threat to the health of residents. Residents claimed that repeated complaints to the authorities had no effect. The stench of decomposing waste was all-pervading in many parts of the old city, including Jahanuma, Chandulal Baradari and Basharatnagar and nobody was able to pass through the road without covering one’s nose.

Union adamant

The situation was similar in Secunderabad and its surrounding areas. However, the union has been adamant about cancellation of the deal with Ramky for taking up the Integrated Solid Waste Management Project. The three-member panel negotiating with the union held talks with the union’s leaders today but in vain.

The union was said to be concerned about handing over the transport as well as garbage collection activities to the agency under the public private partnership project. The committee consisted of Additional Commissioners Sk. Aleem Basha (Health & Sanitation), Ramesh Babu (Finance) and M. Rajeswara Rao (Parks).

Vehicle deployment

Meanwhile, the GHMC in a statement said that 2,600 tonnes of garbage was lifted on Tuesday, which is equivalent to 74 per cent of the daily garbage lifted in the city. The statement further added that 325 vehicles, including 71 belonging to the department, were put into service for the purpose.

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