Builders and citizens who dump debris and rubble from buildings on roads will soon have to pay a fine for their action.
GHMC commissioner Krishna Babu told this correspondent that enforcement teams, led by police personnel, will inspect roads at night, take photographs and investigate who did the dumping.
“The GHMC has identified certain points in the city, like the 3-acre open space opposite Sanjeevaiah Park near Necklace Road, an open piece of land near Moosarambagh and also in Rahmathnagar. The debris will, in turn, be lifted from these points for recycling,” Krishna Babu said.
Two agencies that have come forward to take the debris for recycling are M\s IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure and Services Limited and the Ramky Group, the project going to the one offering the best deal.
The GHMC annually incurs a cost of Rs5 crore on debris removal by private agencies and department vehicles. A round-the-clock call centre, to be set up soon, can be accessed for GHMC help in transporting or buying debris.
Building debris consists of silt, concrete, plaster, broken bricks and frequently, municipal solid waste, making it unsuitable for composting or energy recovery.
Besides, this construction and demolition waste (C&D waste), strewn about indiscriminately, chokes drains and disrupts traffic. In Delhi, it was found that nearly 35 to 40 per cent of C&D waste could be converted into useful products, such as granular sub base (GSB), paving blocks and kerb stones, which, according to the GHRMC, canbe replicated in Hyderabad.
The cost of the project could be recovered by deriving value from processed C&D waste and processing charges from different agencies, the officials said.