The GHMC has proposed to form an Enforcement wing, independent of other sections of the Corporation, for effective punitive action against all kinds of violations, right from littering of roads to demolition of illegal structures.
The wing will have its head office on separate premises, and will be headed by an IPS or IAS officer, with staff drawn from various departments and wings concerned, Mayor Bonthu Ram Mohan said at a press conference here on Thursday.
To begin with, the Enforcement wing will be filled with 250 to 300 members, drawn from existing strength. Plans are to increase the strength to 1000 in future, through subsequent recruitment. A hundred home guards will be sought from the police department, apart from one DSP, five CIs and 10 SIs, the Mayor informed.
The enforcement staff will act upon all the grievances with regard to violations, besides monitoring the area they are assigned to, on regular basis.
The team at the head office will have, one DSP rank official, and officials of suitable rank drawn from Town Planning, Engineering, Fire, Health & Medical, Legal, IT, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Electricity, and other related wings.
Each zone will have six teams to cover all areas coming under it. Each zonal-level team will consist of one divisional engineer and six assistant engineers working under one executive engineer, one assistant or deputy city planner, one fire official, one assistant municipal commissioner, one legal officer, two police sub-inspectors working under a circle inspector, and a manager from the water board. The teams will report to the Zonal Commissioner for the time being.
“There will be frequent inter-zonal and intra-zonal transfers of these teams so that they do not get entrenched at one place. We are seeking transfer of certain powers from the Police department to be able to book cases and impose penalties,” Mr. Ram Mohan said.
Dumping of construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) on roads and nalas will be a major target, besides flooding the roads, littering the roads with garbage, digging without permission, open urination/defecation, defacement of public property etc. Bringing down the illegal structures too will be assigned to the teams which may be formed by the end of February.
Ten vehicles will be deployed in each zone for collection and transport of C&D waste, and cases will be booked on any other non-designated private vehicle caught with the debris, Mr. Ram Mohan warned.
The teams will also be equipped with suitable machinery so that they can double up as disaster response teams.
