Extra-Hour Drive Launched to Clear Legacy Waste Across Cyberabad

The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) has launched a special sanitation drive to clear long-pending legacy waste and unattended garbage from roadsides, open plots and other identified locations across its jurisdiction.

The initiative, titled ‘Beyond Routine – Extra Hour Service’, is being implemented in association with Hyderabad Integrated MSW Limited (HIMSW). Additional manpower, tipper vehicles and loading equipment will be deployed beyond regular sanitation operations to accelerate waste clearance.

CMC Additional Commissioner (Sanitation) Venu Gopal Reddy flagged off the vehicles and equipment for the programme. The drive began in Kukatpally Zone, where legacy waste accumulated along Srila Park Pride Road was cleared during the first phase.

The Corporation plans to roll out the initiative in a phased manner across all zones, targeting identified locations with long-pending waste accumulation.

The drive comes alongside efforts to curb illegal dumping in open spaces, vacant plots and along road margins, which can affect the sanitation and overall urban environment of developing residential and commercial areas.

Venu Gopal Reddy appealed to citizens, commercial establishments and street vendors to avoid dumping waste in public spaces and to hand over segregated waste only to authorised door-to-door collection vehicles.

The CMC will also strengthen surveillance against illegal dumping and continue enforcement of the ‘No Bin – No Trade’ policy, which requires commercial establishments to maintain waste bins and ensure proper disposal of waste.

The Additional Commissioner also noted that maintaining a clean city is a shared responsibility and said the Corporation would continue clearing legacy waste and taking action against illegal dumping to improve sanitation across Cyberabad.