Fake attendance scandal uncovered in GHMC

GHMC officers have been reportedly using photos of sanitation workers to mark fake attendance, allowing them to siphon off funds intended for actual employees.

The GHMC introduced the facial recognition attendance system on April 1 to curb fraud that had plagued the previous Aadhaar-based Biometric Attendance



System (ABAS). The old system was reportedly misused by SFAs and sanitary supervisors.

However, this scam involves some sanitation field assistants (SFAs) and medical officers who have been exploiting the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) face recognition biometric attendance system for personal gain.