GHMC to acquire six floating trash collectors

Basheerbagh: The GHMC Standing Committee, with Mayor Bonthu Rammohan in the chair, adopted 23 resolutions, including one for purchase of six floating trash collectors at a cost of Rs 6.05 crore for removing garbage, plastic waste in city water bodies, extending DA announced by the State government to GHMC employees, appointment of 48 computer operators on outsourcing basis in the additional Kuktapally zone and other circles on a monthly salary of Rs.17,500 each.

The resolutions adopted include extending the raised salaries to power engineers working on depuration in GHMC and appointment of retired biodiversity wing superintendent V Chandrasekhar for one year with honorarium of Rs 30,000 and also availing the services of retired EE Pradeep Reddy with a honorarum of Rs 45,000 as nodal officer of EVM godowns for one year ending in June 2019.

Among the resolutions adopted by the standing committee were: giving sanction to a proposal to raise Rs.305 crore under the third phase of bonds for taking up SRDP works, and taking on rental basis mini-tippers for collecting construction debris material in the City.

Among those present at the meeting were GHMC Commissioner M Dana Kishore, officials Harichandana, Advaith Kumar Singh, Kennedy, Devender Reddy, Raghu Prasad, Srinivas Reddy, Shankarayya, Ziauddin, Sridhar, Suresh, besides all the Standing Committee members.