Waste segregation and it’s diligent disposal is not necessarily linked to the literacy levels of people, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials found this out under unusual circumstances.
The civic body has been going to town since more than a year stressing on the need for disposal of the dry and wet waste right at household level and hand it over to the garbage collectors assigned by them. But, the IT professionals residing in Madhapur, Gachibowli, Kukatpally, Hayathnagar and Uppal are yet to take up the role of model citizens.
Blame it on the hectic work schedule or an indifferent attitude towards the issue, the officials are finding it tough to collect waste on a regular basis from the houses occupied by the IT employees.
“We have been creating awareness on the need for proper disposal of waste among the residents but collecting the waste from the houses of IT employees is turning out to be a challenge,” said K.S. Ravi, Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Serilingampally. “In the flats, there is a system so the waste is kept at a place. In the independent houses, the employees do not respond or are unavailable in the mornings.”
A city corporator has even come up with a proposal that can address the issue.
“We have many call centre employees in our locality who work in night shifts. They return to their homes during daytime after the garbage-collector leaves the area. Software employees generate the maximum amount of waste as they are used to packaged food and it is important that arrangements be made to lift waste from their houses regularly. I want to submit a prorposal to the GHMC to ensure that the waste is collected even in the evenings in the areas where there are more number of software employees,” said Sama Tirumal Reddy, Hayathnagar corporator.
