GHMC launches special sanitation drive across all 30 circles

Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Monday launched a special sanitation drive across all 30 circles under the ‘PRAGATI 50 Cities’ framework. The drive will continue until December, with a different theme each week and specific activities every working day, according to a press release.

On day 1 of Monday, sanitation workers cleaned 105 locations, covering 40.50 km of footpaths and 43 km of medians, besides crossings and roundabouts. They removed 311 unauthorised posters and lifted 86.05 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste and 22.76 metric tonnes of litter and debris, according to the press release.