Frightening challenges for growing city

We have to admit that Hyderabad is fighting a losing battle with garbage. Panchayat Raj Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday admitted as much when he said that Hyderabad generates about  5,000 metric tonnes of garbage,  of which 4,000 metric tonnes is lifted. Wait a minute, did the minister just say that 1,000 metric tonnes of garbage is not lifted? Yes, he did. If the stink and stench of uncleared garbage is one aspect of the systemic failure of the municipality, the way roads are laid, dug up and re-laid is a scandal. Even in the 21st century, the engineering wing of GHMC has no concept of permanent channels for utility cables with retractable covers. Lay a road, dig up to lay a cable, re-lay the road, dig up to clean a drainage and it is a never ending formula. Forget Swacch Bharat, forget ‘No manual scavenging’ mantra; what unfolds in front of the shop owners is too gross to be described. On a Sunday morning, two GHMC workers select a spot on the freshly laid road near S.D. Eye Hospital and start digging. A traffic cop stops by and the workers They continue the work with point out the horridly foul sewerage flowing beside a bakery and with a few expert strikes of the crowbar Daily they pick up (garbage), but by afternoon it is full,” says the sweet shop owner in front of the kaman (arch) leading to Mitti ka Sher.Last year, the GHMC gave permission for digging open trench on 289.68 kms of roads in the city after accepting a payment of
Rs. 39 crore. Now, the GHMC is spending Rs. 337 crore to repair 1,931 km stretches of arterial and inner roads! It is not just safety on the roads where the civic body has no road map to safety.

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