The ‘Swachh Hyderabad’ committee appointed by the Telangana government has decided to direct the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to involve three to four agencies to monitor sanitation works.
And as decided by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao in a recent high-level meeting involving all elected representatives of the city, about 2,000 auto trolleys would be purchased in the first phase and about 1,500 tricycles would be purchased as they can manoeuvre through narrow lanes.
A meeting held by the committee in the GHMC head office headed by Deputy Chief Minister Mehmood Ali discussed these issues on Sunday.
Chief Minister’s Special Secretary Narsing Rao, MLAs, MLCs, GHMC Commissioner & Special Officer Somesh Kumar and others were present.
The auto trolleys would be purchased in the existing ‘owner-cum-driver’ system involving local youth, especially those who are already in the field.
For each auto trolley, about Rs. 5 lakh may be spent with 10-20 per cent subsidy to SC/ST candidates. Each auto driver has to cover at least 800 houses every day.
The meeting also discussed various innovative methods of strengthening ‘Swachh Hyderabad’ programme by upgrading infrastructure in the twin cities in a planned manner.
