Silt dumped near the culvert fosters vegetative growth

The Higher Hyderabad Municipal Company has its personal ‘Vana Mahotsavam’ on the facet, at culverts of the stormwater drains within the metropolis as vouched by the greenery rising out of the mounds of silt faraway from the drains.

In a curious occasion which speaks volumes concerning the high quality of the company’s drain desilting works, castor vegetation may very well be seen rising out of the silt deposited on the roadside at Aramghar in Rajendranagar Circle.

Two photos had been taken of the identical location with a spot of simply over a month, the primary image on Might 27, of a mound of silt on the facet of a nala culvert, and the second, on July 9, of a bushy development of castor vegetation on the mound on the similar location. A bag of waste, dumped close to the mound and remaining on the similar location after a month, speaks loudly of the effectiveness of sanitation within the space.

The GHMC begins the desilting operations for clearing the stormwater drains forward of monsoons. Bids are referred to as circle-wise, companies are chosen, and the works are given, with the GHMC confined to supervisory function. As per the process, after desilting, the silt is deposited on the roadside and allowed to take a seat there for some time until it turns into dry, earlier than being carted off to the strong waste administration facility at Jawaharnagar. Moist silt can’t be carried because it drips alongside the best way creating problem to the commuters, and likewise as a result of moist silt weighs extra – costing the GHMC extra for its therapy.

Nonetheless, carting of the silt is one problematic space the place complaints abound with little motion. The silt deposited close to the catchpits principally flows again into the drain throughout rains. Often, when the silt is excessive in amount, vegetation grows out of it as within the current case.

Social media platform X is filled with complaints about uncarted silt from areas resembling Kurmaguda, Kukatpally, Uppal, Santoshnagar and several other different localities. Motion is scarce even when the grievance is registered in My GHMC app.

“GHMC’s drainage cleansing course of is incomplete, with employees eradicating silt from drains however not correctly disposing of it, leaving it piled up close to the drains causes unhygienic circumstances, foul smells and citizen inhaling flying mud from silt….” complains one Nagarju Talari, an X person.

The Hyderabad Catastrophe Response & Asset Safety Company (HYDRAA) forces on Friday, repeated the desilting operations on the Bulkapur drain close to Khairatabad, which yielded tonnes of trash carelessly thrown into the drain. Great amount of thermocol and plastic waste was retrieved from the drain which had been desilted already as a part of the pre-monsoon drive.

“Rubbish comes flowing day by day, and will get caught on the culvert, requiring steady desilting operations. Desilting shouldn’t be strictly our job, however we’re pitching in to make sure free move of stormwater within the drains in case of heavy rain,” mentioned HYDRAA Commissioner A. V. Ranganath.