HYDERABAD: Complaints are widespread that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is not ensuring the safety of both the Covid19 patients and the residents living in their vicinity. After the high court pulled up the civic body, it created some ‘namesake’ containment zones but stopped short of barricading such areas and spraying disinfectants as is required under Covid-regulations.
Despite a spike in the spread of Covid19, the number of micro-containment zones on the GHMC’s official website remained the same since April 3. The corporation staff has not been updating the website on a daily basis in tandem with the state government’s daily health bulletin.
Unlike last year, the civic body had not deployed its men to spray disinfectants. It is also not keeping a watch on people who have been home-quarantined and it has also not set up medical camps. No GHMC staff has been deployed to help the home- quarantined people get the daily groceries and other…