GHMC teams brace for monsoon challenges

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) are making required arrangements, including setting up of emergency teams for taking up relief and rescue operations and ensuring the free flow of traffic.

The municipal corporation has prepared a special plan and set up emergency teams to handle monsoon related issues like water logging, tree falling, etc, with a cost of Rs 24 crore. It has set up 87 mini-mobile monsoon teams, 79 mobile monsoon teams, one zonal emergency team and 101 static labour teams.

Based on last year’s experiences, the GHMC has identified 157 water logging points across its limits and repairs have been taken up at 127 locations to ensure there is no stagnation. In the remaining locations, 10 HP water pumps will be available from June 1 till October end, to pump out stagnated water.