Hyderabad: Garbage pile finally cleared out from Rasoolpura colony

HYDERABAD: An entire stretch that was ridden with piles of garbage, lying unattended for many days, on a bridge at Vimannagar in Rasoolpura was cleared after the grievance was aired on TOI’s citizen reporter app.
Soon after the grievance was published in these columns, officials of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) swung into action and cleared the garbage.

"For a very long time, I have seen that the garbage thrown along the roadside by locals remains unattended for days on end. But recently, I saw that some workers came and cleared the garbage out. Following that, the stretch has remained clean," said Manav Parikh, the citizen reporter who highlighted the issue.
According to locals, the issue of garbage being dumped in the open has persisted for several months before officials took the initiative to clean the stretch. Many other areas of Rasoolpura face the same issue, they complained.
"A lane near Khushi Chandrala building at Margadarshi Colony in Rasoolpura is filled with garbage; but no attention is paid to that place. While the garbage collection vehicles come regularly, they never clear the pile completely. They often say that the wet waste needs to be collected by another vehicle due to which the garbage lies unattended," said Harsh Mutta, a resident of Margadarshi Colony in Rasoolpura.
Residents stressed that officials must conduct regular inspections in the area to see that the problem does not resurface.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi has been taking stock of the garbage situation across the city over past few weeks. She has urged GHMC staff to work effectively and informed them that strict action will be taken against those failing to provide service to the people properly.