Upbeat soldiers pitch for the cause

The ‘Swachh Telangana-Swachh Hyderabad’ campaign was formally launched by Governor ESL Narasimhan on Saturday at the HICC. Several organisations have come forward to ensure the campaign’s success.

Massive arrangements

Five hundred cultural teams and celebrities from sports and film industry will be a part of the programme. The GHMC has formed 425 instant repairs mobile teams and will work under their directions so as to maintain cleanliness and take up suggested minor repair works instantly. Each segment will have a committee with 15 responsible citizens of that particular area who will work with the designated officials to take up quality civic infrastructure works.

Training session

A training session was at Bhagyasri Gardens in Bowenpally on Saturday which was initiated by CID officer Charu Sinha and Inspector General of Police Ram Narasimha Reddy.

Athletes pitch in

500 athletes from the Telangana State Olympic Association will participate in the programme at Secunderabad, Musheerabad and Sanath Nagar. The participants will include TSOA president Jitender Reddy, chairman Jagadish Reddy, vice president Laxman and general secretary Jagadishwar Yadav.

Swachh Metro stations

HMR MD NVS Reddy urged Metro Rail employees to clear the debris in rail corridors, fill up pot holes and spruce up the area around Metro stations. Sufficient number of tippers, dumpers and other vehicles; bitumen, wire brushes, water drums, etc., are being arranged for debris removal, pot hole filling and poster removal to spruce up Metro work spots and pillars.

The entire length of 50 km, where Metro works are going on, has been divided into 11 units of 4 or 5 km each and specified units will take care of the upkeep of these stretches. The programme will start at Panjagutta Metro station at 9:30 am today. NVS Reddy is also the mentor for West Marredpally area which is one of the 400 GHMC units.