Health and Sanitation

GHMC strives hard to give its citizens a clean and green city. It has won the national “Clean City Award” for three consecutive years. A clean city involves services in different areas like sanitation, greenery and public health. The Health & Sanitation Department of the Corporation is entrusted with the responsibility of making Hyderabad a clean city and is headed by Additional Commissioner, Health & Sanitation [AC (H&S)], duly assisted by the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH), Chief Entomologist, Chief Veterinary Officer and Assistant Medical Officer of Health (Head Office) [AMOH (HO)] at the Head Office level. At the circle level are the Assistant Medical Officers of Health, and the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) in Secunderabad Division. The Zonal Commissioners (ZAC) of the East, West, South, North, and Central zones are the authorities who coordinate the daily sanitation operations.
The Health & Sanitation Department is engaged in solid waste management and public health to keep the city neat and clean. Veterinary services, anti-malaria operations, issue of birth and death certificates, issue of trade licences and emergency operations are the other activities entrusted to this Department.

Voluntary Garbage Disposal Scheme:

This Scheme helps the residents of a locality to come together and take up door to door collection of garbage. Any Resident Welfare Association can apply to GHMC to provide one or two tricycles free of cost. The Association engages a rag-picker to collect garbage from the doorstep of their members every day with the help of tricycle. There are around 500 VGD schemes presently in operation in the GHMC area.

Voluntary Garbage Disposal Scheme:

This Scheme helps the residents of a locality to come together and take up door to door collection of garbage. Any Resident WelfareAssociation can apply to GHMC toProvide one or two tricycles free of cost. The Association engages a rag-pickertocollect garbage from the door steps of their members every day with the help of tricycle. There are around 500 VGD schemes presently in operation in the GHMC area.

A. Solid waste management & public health:

Services:

* Street cleaning including daily sweeping and other sanitary measures from 6 am to 2 pm in the privatised areas on all days and in non-privatised areas on all days excepting Sundays
* Collection and transportation of garbage daily from
7 am to 3 pm in privatised areas on all days and in non-privatised areas on all days excepting Sundays.