MM Farooqui Hyderabad

TheGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) intensified its four-week special sanitation drive across all 30 circles, with the third day’s activities focused on inspection, placement and cleaning of litter bins, including the installation of red sanitary waste bins in public toilets.

On Wednesday, the third day, officials inspected 106 public places to assess the availability and requirement of litter bins. A total of 21 litter bins were placed or replaced, while 45 public toilets (PTs) were provided with red sanitary waste bins. In addition, 101 litter bins were cleaned across the GHMC limits as part of efforts to improve public hygiene and sanitation.

The third-day activities followed an intensive second day of cleaning water bodies and drainage systems. As part of the programme, GHMC cleaned 57 lakes, ponds, drains and nalas, removing approximately 43.6 metric tonnes of floating waste, silt and debris. Officials also secured 21 dumping ingress points to prevent waste from entering water bodies. One signboard was installed as part of the initiative.

On the first day, the civic body undertook a large-scale cleaning exercise targeting footpaths, road medians, crossings and roundabouts, besides removing unauthorised posters.

A total of 105 locations were cleaned, covering 40.50 km of footpaths and 43 km of medians. Around 311 unauthorised posters were removed. The drive also resulted in the lifting of 86.05 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) and 22.76 metric tonnes of litter and debris. GHMC launched the four-week special sanitation drive on November 9 and it will continue until December 5 covering all 30 circles.