In view of the strike by its employees since Wednesday midnight, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has announced some contingency plans to lift garbage from the city.
GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar informed that the GHMC lifts more than 3,600 metric tons garbage every day and in view of the ensuing festivals the accumulation of garbage would be more. He said that the strike by the employees at this juncture would cause huge inconvenience to the people. However, he said that the GHMC was ready to face any eventualities. He said directions have been given to all the Zonal Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners already to deploy 6 tonner vehicle with four labors in all the 150 wards to take up the contingency works on priority basis.
The Bhagyanagar Municipal GHMC Employees Union (BMS) has gone on strike demanding increase in salaries of outsourcing sweepers. The entire fleet of sanitation vehicles has been stopped. (INN)