More buses for sanitation staff in Telangana

HYDERABAD: Following the incident of GHMC sanitation staff being transported from one place to another in a crowded bus, authorities have increased the number of buses to enable social distancing. Videos of the incident did the rounds on social media on Monday.
Many of the sanitation workers were also travelling without wearing masks GHMC additional commissioner Rahul Raj said, “We have arranged for 25 buses to transport workers coming from long distances.The facility has not been not arranged for all GHMC staff. This is only for people coming from long distances like Shamirpet, Shasmahabad and Ibrahimpatnam are provided with transport .”
He added, “The local sanitation workers forcibly entered one of the bus that was not allotted to them. We have kept a sanitary field inspector to monitor each bus. His duty is to ensure social distancing in the buses.We are running 36 buses.”
GHMC will take attendance of sanitation workers every day. “We have initiated criminal action against a local who forced everyone to enter the bus,” Raj said.