Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to take tech route to tackle improper waste disposal crisis
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to take tech route to tackle improper waste disposal crisis

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has introduced a stringent system to tackle littering and illegal waste disposal across the city. Citizens caught littering roads, dumping construction and demolition waste or discarding garbage improperly will now receive instant e-challans. The new system expands beyond general littering to penalise improper disposal of all waste types, including C&D debris. He emphasised that all fines must be paid via UPI, ensuring direct deposit into GHMC’s treasury and real-time tracking of compliance.

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GHMC imposes penalties of over ₹42 lakh against illegal dumping of debris
1 month, 2 weeks ago

GHMC imposes penalties of over ₹42 lakh against illegal dumping of debris

The Hindu  

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has enhanced its surveillance against the unauthorised dumping of the construction debris in public places, and has started imposing hefty penalties on the violators. During the past three months, the corporation has mopped up approximately ₹42.21 lakh by way of penalties against illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste across various circles. In the month …

New Dictum: Garbage Can Get Marriages Done in Hyderabad
2 months ago

New Dictum: Garbage Can Get Marriages Done in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Garbage may be an eyesore for all, but don’t just trash it yet. “It is becoming a practice for operators of Swach auto tippers collecting trash from homes, especially in the newer city areas with tall residential towers, to promise guaranteed incomes to potential grooms through trash collection charges,” according to a city official familiar with this rising trend …

People slam GHMC for garbage dumping on roads
3 months, 3 weeks ago

People slam GHMC for garbage dumping on roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is facing criticism for its failing to address the issue of garbage dumping on roads. Despite distributing wet and dry waste bins for door-to-door collection, many areas continue to be cluttered with garbage, which causes inconvenience to commuters by blocking roads. Some people also allege that SAT vehicles dump collected waste back onto roads, …

Hyderabad devises action plan to remove trash from streets
10 months ago

Hyderabad devises action plan to remove trash from streets

The Hindu  

The area is Vengalrao Nagar, and a woman in plain sari accosts a youth on a two-wheeler. Self help group volunteers posted at hundreds of garbage vulnerable points across the city have been doing this every day since 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., in order to dissuade irresponsible littering of public spaces and to bridge the gap between Swachh Auto …

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies
1 year, 2 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation issues circular to form ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor illegal dumping of waste and debris in waterbodies

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation’s Solid Waste Management Department issued a circular to officials to form a ‘Regional Enforcement Team’ to monitor the illegal dumping of garbage and debris in waterbodies within its limits. The circular issued to regional offices – north, central and south – on December 20 mentioned that the team will be headed by Zonal Assistant Executive Engineers …

MCG to penalise vehicles involved in illegal C&D waste dumping, streamline process
1 year, 7 months ago

MCG to penalise vehicles involved in illegal C&D waste dumping, streamline process

Hindustan Times  

To control the illegal dumping of construction and demolition waste in the city, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has formed teams to keep a watch on all sites where waste is being dumped illegally at night. Commuters travelling on Gurugram-Faridabad Road said more than 20 C&D waste dumping spots have come up along the stretch and despite officials conducting regular …

Private agency undercuts GHMC\'s income from waste
3 years, 7 months ago

Private agency undercuts GHMC\'s income from waste

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Income of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is being undermined by Ramky Enviro Engineers, the private agency which has bagged the contract for processing construction and demolition waste. Ramky Enviro Engineers has been awarded the work pertaining to “collection, transportation, processing and management of construction and demolition waste in GHMC” on public-private partnership at plants located in Fathullaguda and Jeedimetla. …

Cash-starved GHMC to generate revenue by selling scrap
3 years, 11 months ago

Cash-starved GHMC to generate revenue by selling scrap

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is leaving no stone unturned for generating revenues. These include seized illegal hoardings, flexies and banners dumped at the warehouse beneath Begumpet flyover. Though GHMC generally ignores illegal hoardings, officials claim they have been strictly implementing Public Properties Defacement Act. After a special drive during the same year, it removed over 20,000 illegal hoardings apart …

Greater Hyderabad residents are paying twice for garbage
5 years, 1 month ago

Greater Hyderabad residents are paying twice for garbage

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Property tax payers under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation appear to be paying twice for the same service. The GHMC collects about Rs 1,400 crore per year as property tax to fund services including the door-to-door collection of garbage. It has also been charging an additional `1,000 crore from property tax payers for providing the same door-to-door garbage collection …

GHMC to slap hefty fines on violators
5 years, 3 months ago

GHMC to slap hefty fines on violators

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In what can be called as a double-edged sword, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has decided to slap exorbitant fines against violators of various kinds. According to the structure that has been put in place, the corporation will collect Rs 25,000 for a first-time offence, Rs 50,000 for a repeat and a whopping Rs one lakh for the third …

Hyderabad: Now, drive to collect debris
5 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Now, drive to collect debris

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: After successfully conducting a 10-day special drive to collect scrap, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is to embark on a drive to collect debris from every household. Corporation Commissioner Mr DS Lokesh Kumar said that in order keep tourist spots clean, they would engage a private agency for upkeep of sanitation. The civic body Commissioner said that nearly 235 metric …

Hyderabad: Trash collection data misleading
5 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Trash collection data misleading

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The haphazard paper work by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation once again came as a shocker when officials declared that the amount of garbage carried from the city is 7,000 metric tonnes. Surprisingly, the civic body has no counter check and they have been entirely depending on the private agency which has been weighing the garbage at Jawahar Nagar …

Hyderabad: Littering to be penalised
5 years, 11 months ago

Hyderabad: Littering to be penalised

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The GHMC has decided to penalise citizens for dumping trash on the roadsides and in their colonies. The corporation has also decided to impose fines on the owners if garbage is dumped in their vacant land parcels. According to the new plan, the corporation will identify the open garbage dumping points and study the reason for trash being dumped …

Hyderabad: Waste management bungled up
6 years, 1 month ago

Hyderabad: Waste management bungled up

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s waste management policy of handing over transfer stations at Nagole, Yusufguda and Patancheru to the concessionaire Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste has again met with stiff resistance from union leaders. “The agreement with the private concessionaire makes it binding on the municipal corporation to hand it over to them or invite litigation,” says Mr Srinivas …

GHMC turns land into garbage dump yard, denies in court
7 years, 4 months ago

GHMC turns land into garbage dump yard, denies in court

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Residents of Nallagandla have sought legal intervention to save a rock garden that they allege has been turned into a dump yard by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The GHMC officials said that there was no waste being dumped there, but then why has the Pollution Control Board issued a letter cautioning the GHMC against the unscientific me-thod of …

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