Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)’s mobile instant repair team will be deployed to work on potholes and damaged road portions even in the bylanes as part of the ‘Swachh Hyderabad’ campaign to be taken up from May 16.
The municipal corporation is planning to rope in basthi committees, residential welfare associations and public representatives for the proposed ‘Swatch Bharat’ campaign to be taken up in the capital from May 16.
GHMC Commissioner & Special Officer Somesh Kumar, Police Commissioner M. Mahender Reddy and other officials visited several areas in and around Banjara Hills on Saturday and interacted with local residents. They sought details on the garbage collection and civic related issues.
A municipal official will be put in charge of 1.5 km radius segment and 400 such zones will be formed to check for cleanliness.
Pothole fixing machine
Each segment will have a committee with 15 responsible citizens of the particular area to certify the quality of work. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will be inaugurating a training program for the officers identified on May 6.
These officers have been drawn from different departments.
The Commissioner, later inspected ‘Python 5000’ is a completely automated pothole fixing machine which can be operated by single person using a simple Joystick.
The machine is equipped with a climate controlled cabin from where the operator can comfortably operate the machine.
‘Python’ is equipped to carry a load of five tonnes of hot mix asphalt and has the ability to retain the temperature, a press release said.
