GHMC, Cyberabad Police Push Monsoon Safety Drive
Reviewing employee login and logout timings during adverse weather conditions is another measure planned: Reports
HYDERABAD: Penalising property owners who do not have rainwater harvesting (RWH) pits, adopting staggered office timings for IT companies wherever required to ease peak‑hour traffic congestion, and increasing employee shuttle and bus services for IT staff are among the monsoon‑related tasks to be taken up in the city. Reviewing employee login and logout timings during adverse weather conditions is another measure planned.
This is in addition to surveying dilapidated and unsafe buildings and issuing notices, strengthening the storm‑water drain network, improving employee bus transportation systems in IT companies, promoting use of Metro and other public transport services, and reducing dependence on individual car travel wherever feasible.
Two separate meetings on monsoon preparedness were held in the city on Friday — one at the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) head office and another at the Cyberabad police Commissionerate.
After the GHMC review meeting, minister Ponnam Prabhakar said action would be initiated against houses without RWH pits. Such pits are mandatory for all structures built on plots of 300 square yards and above, according to the HMWS&SB, and are recommended for plots above 200 square yards.
At the GHMC head office, Prabhakar, GHMC commissioner R.V. Karnan, Hyderabad collector Priyanka Ala and others participated. Officials were directed to ensure dedicated officers visit basti dawakhanas daily to monitor services and infrastructure. The minister stressed the need to intensify nala desilting and clearance works to facilitate free flow of stormwater and minimise urban flooding.
Elsewhere, CMC commissioner G. Srijana, Cyberabad police commissioner Dr M. Ramesh and other officials chaired a coordination meeting with representatives of major IT companies, business parks and commercial establishments to review traffic management and monsoon preparedness during the rainy season.
The meeting highlighted the need for close collaboration between civic agencies, traffic authorities and industry stakeholders to ensure smoother mobility, safer commuting and effective monsoon preparedness across the Cyberabad region.
Dr Ramesh emphasised the importance of coordinated planning and timely communication during monsoon‑related traffic disruptions, while the CMC commissioner reviewed ongoing and pending infrastructure works in key IT corridors and directed officials to expedite completion to minimise inconvenience to commuters.