HYDERABAD: Bharathi Nagar, popularly referred to as ‘LIG’ after delimitation of GHMC, is yet to be fully included in the city. While the residents refer to the bus services being plied inside the ward to be like that in “remote villages”, others opine that the widespread dumping of construction debris is making the division lose on cleanliness.
At LIG, Old MIG, MIG, Vidyuth Nagar and BDL colony have a widespread menace of dumping not just by realtors but also by the locals. Two green spaces in the division, a park at LIG colony and a ground in Old Nallagandla are filled with construction debris.
“It is not just the debris that is spreading stench all around the place but the pigs that are reared by certain groups in the area that is making living conditions unhygienic,” said Gautam Kumar, a resident.
When contacted, V Sindhu Adarsh Reddy, Corporator of the ward said that the menace has been for long and attempts are being made to stop such activities. “We, on three occasions, stopped dumping of debris but there is more to be done towards curbing it. Even citizens should not add to the uncleanliness by dumping household waste in it,” she said.
Tucked on the extreme end of the city - close to Patancheru, the residents observe that buses are inadequate even during non-peak hours.
“There is no proper time that is followed by the two buses — 226 and 225 — plied into the division. It’s literally like that of remote villages where one never knows when buses would come,” said a local who refused to identify himself.
Families left homeless
After the construction of a multi-modal transport system in the division, close to 170 families were left homeless and for a year now, the families have not been rehabilitated.
“My family members are living in rented houses paying huge amounts. Considering their economic status, the government should have given them an alternate place to live. But nothing of that sort happened,” said M Sampath Kumar of Bombay Colony.
Meanwhile, GHMC has started to provide clean drinking water through water vending machines at affordable prices. Seven reverse osmosis plants have been set up at various parts of division.