Locals irked as waste dumped on road

Malkajgiri: Even as GHMC has been conducting a special drive to collect scrap and disposable items to keep roads and nalas clean, construction debris and disposable items such as old mattresses are dumped on the road from Malkajgiri to Bala Saraswathi Nagar.

Several locals have lodged complaints on the issue and demanded that officials to lay a new CC road to prevent waste from being dumped on the road. When contacted on the issue, Malkajgiri circle Deputy Commissioner T Dasharath said that people were informed about scrap collection and even mobile numbers of respective officials were provided to help people hand over scrap. He said that the special drive had been getting tremendous response from people.

He expressed his unhappiness over some people disposing of their waste on road despite several measures by GHMC to prevent it. He said that offenders would be identified, and heavy fines would be imposed on them. The official urged people to segregate their waste into wet and dry waste before handing over to garbage collectors. He also urged them not to dump trash or disposable items in nalas.