HYDERABAD: The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) has appealed to all the residential welfare associations of various colonies in the twin cities to participate actively in the health and sanitation drive to keep their environs clean.

The associations could take over the responsibility of sanitation in their respective areas with necessary back-up support from the MCH, Commissioner Sanjay Jaju said here on Tuesday.

Interested colony associations can meet the Additional Commissioners concerned or could register at the corporation call centre available on a toll free telephone number of 155304 or email to ach&s@ourmch.com.

Visits colonies

Mr. Jaju visited colonies in circle six like Hill Fort, Adarshnagar, Koti, Putli Bowli, Aghapura, Basheerbagh, and so on where the corporation had launched the initiative to press trained rag pickers in association with Sukuki Exnora for domestic garbage clearance and segregation.

Interacting with residents, he urged them to segregate domestic waste into wet (bio-degradable) and dry (degradable) waste before throwing it in dustbins.

Information boards will be put up and a massive awareness multi-media campaign was necessary to inculcate this habit and it would be started soon, he said.

Beautifiers' role

The circle's AMOH, Vijaykumar, said that of the 106 dustbins, 60 were shifted and the remaining bins too would be placed at new places within two months.

Suzuki Exnora team of Shiva Kiran, Vijay Chandra and others said that each city beautifier or `subraks', 120 in all, were covering 200 households and would cover 100 more with rationalisation of bins.

Residents' participation in the exercise will help in garbage segregation at the household level and another at the relocated transit bin points, thus reducing the volume of garbage to be transported and also the number of dumper bins in the area. These transit centres are to be enclosed from all sides.

<167,3p,1>(Has your colony too taken any initiative to improve garbage collection and segregation? Or, in ensuring proper drinking water supply or in sewerage lines or parks maintenance? Write to us and we will feature them in these columns for others to learn to: hydlife@thehindu.co.in or to The City Editor, The Hindu, Begumpet Public Road, Hyderabad-16.)

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail