The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is repeating its experiment of handing over the sanitation in places of tourist importance to private agencies.
On Wednesday, request for proposal has been notified for consultants, for ‘Achieving Sanitation Standards and Upkeep of Tourist Places in GHMC through Specialized Agencies on Outsourcing’ in five circles of the Khairatabad Zone.
The circles are Mehdipatnam, Karwan, Goshamahal, Khairatabad and Jubilee Hills, for which the total estimated contract value is placed at over ₹23.32 crore.
The RFP document states that the commercial establishments in and around the tourist destination dump litter and solid waste on the roads even after the sanitation workers have swept and cleared the same. The litter spreads around due to wind and becomes an eyesore to the local, national and international tourists, affecting the reputation of the tourist destination, apart from creating insanitary conditions.
Further, the pedestrians, hawkers, shopkeepers and commuters too litter the roads which is not removed till the next day. Posters, and banners worsen the situation, which mandates 24x7 surveillance with dedicated staff in three shifts, the document says.
