More than 81,000 Ganesh idols were immersed at designated locations across the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits over the past six days, with civic authorities deploying sanitation, engineering, traffic and safety teams to manage the immersion process.

According to the consolidated immersion report, a total of 81,315 idols were immersed across 53 designated immersion points. Of these, 66,530 idols were below three feet in height, while 14,785 idols were above three feet.

Kukatpally Circle recorded the highest number of immersions with 23,501 idols, followed by Kompally with 11,526 and Serilingampally with 8,495. Jeedimetla recorded 7,145 immersions, followed by Miyapur with 6,256, Chintal with 4,408, Ameenpur with 4,274, Allwyn Colony with 4,015 and Patancheru with 3,661.

While 3,257 immersions were recorded in Nizampet, it was 3,024 in Narsingi, 2,828 in Madhapur, 1,846 in Dundigal and 1,079 in Medchal.

The CMC officials said field-level coordination was being maintained continuously at all 53 immersion points to ensure sanitation, waste clearance, access and other civic arrangements. Special attention was given for prompt removal of pooja material and other immersion-related waste to maintain cleanliness around the designated locations.

The CMC Commissioner G. Srijana directed officials and field teams to maintain continuous monitoring, ensure timely deployment of manpower and machinery, and coordinate with various line departments for the smooth conduct of the immersion process.

The civic body said it would continue monitoring arrangements at all 53 designated immersion points and take necessary measures to keep the locations clean, safe and well-managed during the immersion period.

The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) carried out enforcement action against unauthorised constructions across its three zones on Monday (September 7), demolishing 16 structures and identifying 15 fresh cases during field-level inspections.

As part of its ongoing drive to ensure compliance with building regulations, CMC teams conducted inspections and enforcement operations in its three zones. Officials also served two notices and seized one unauthorised construction.

Of the demolitions, seven were carried out in Quthbullapur Zone, five in Serilingampally Zone and four in Kukatpally Zone.

The CMC Commissioner directed officials to maintain close monitoring at the field level and ensure that cases identified during inspections are taken forward through the prescribed enforcement procedure.

The civic body said its teams would continue the inspections, covering identification and verification of unauthorised constructions and subsequent enforcement action in accordance with applicable regulations.

The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Wednesday (August 19) took up road repair works at several locations, with engineering teams attending to potholes and damaged bituminous concrete (BT) and cement concrete (CC) stretches.

In Gajularamaram Circle, work was taken up on the badly damaged Lalsabguda Road, while BT patches were repaired on the stretch between Mettukani Guda and Rajeev Gandhi Nagar. In Ameenpur Circle, teams, along with the IRT, attended to potholes and damaged BT stretches in Bharti Nagar and RC Puram wards.

Road repairs were also carried out on HCU Road in Serilingampally Circle. In Madhapur Circle, teams attended to BT and CC patches and potholes in Anjaiah Nagar and Madhapur wards. BT patchwork was taken up in Central Park Colony in Kompally Ward.

In Tellapur Ward, repair works were carried out at Alien Junction, Mayfair Junction and Radial Road 30. In Kukatpally Circle, departmental BT cross-cutting works were attended to on Green Hills Main Road in Sevalal Nagar, Ward 253, while a CC pothole at JNTU Free Left in Vasantha Nagar, Ward 251, was repaired.

Pothole repairs were also carried out at Aditya Imperial Heights in Miyapur Circle, while BT patches were attended to on Allapur Main Road in Moosapet Circle.

“Field teams were continuing to identify damaged road stretches and take up repairs on priority. The works are being monitored on the ground by engineering teams,” said CMC.

The Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) on Saturday (July 25) removed 347 encroachments from roads and footpaths across 14 identified stretches during its weekly ‘Walk Free’ enforcement drive, covering a total distance of 18.8 km.

The civic body said the special drive was undertaken to reclaim public spaces, improve pedestrian accessibility and ensure safer, obstruction-free roads and footpaths across the Corporation’s jurisdiction.

According to the CMC, the highest number of encroachments were cleared in the Quthbullapur Zone, where officials removed 167 encroachments along a seven-kilometre stretch. Within the zone, 25 encroachments were removed in Chintal, 28 in Jeedimetla, 34 each in Kompally and Nizampet, 15 in Dundigal and 31 in Medchal.

In the Serilingampally Zone, the drive covered 8.3 km and resulted in the removal of 123 encroachments. Circle-wise, officials removed 15 encroachments in Patancheru, 27 in Ameenpur, 30 in Miyapur, 15 in Serilingampally and 36 in Madhapur.

The Kukatpally Zone recorded the removal of 93 encroachments along a 3.5-km stretch. The drive cleared 15 encroachments in Allwyn Colony, 20 in Kukatpally, 22 in Moosapet and 36 in Madhapur.

CMC Commissioner G. Srijana stated that the ‘Walk Free’ initiative is aimed at creating safe, accessible and obstruction-free public spaces for pedestrians while also ensuring smooth traffic movement across the Corporation limits.

From discarded tea cups outside kiosks to food packets piling up beside commercial complexes, roadside garbage generated around shops and eateries in several localities of western Hyderabad may invite action from enforcement agencies, with the Cyberabad Municipal Corporation (CMC) preparing to tighten waste management rules for businesses under a “No bin, no trade” approach.

The CMC Commissioner G. Srijana indicated that commercial establishments could face action, including against their trade licences, if they continue to dump waste indiscriminately or fail to maintain basic waste disposal systems such as dustbins. The proposed crackdown forms part of a larger push by the corporation to shift the responsibility of cleanliness back onto those generating the waste rather than leaving the burden entirely on sanitation workers.

The Commissioner stressed that businesses cannot operate without taking responsibility for the surroundings immediately outside their establishments. Whether it is a small shop, food outlet or larger commercial space, establishments must ensure that customers and visitors have access to proper disposal facilities instead of throwing waste onto roads and footpaths.

She stressed that maintaining clean surroundings cannot remain solely the responsibility of municipal workers. Businesses generating waste must actively participate in managing it, especially in public-facing commercial spaces where garbage accumulation quickly becomes visible.

“While the corporation already undertakes daily waste collection from households and commercial areas, unmanaged garbage outside shops continues to remain a recurring problem. Sanitation workers are often forced to clear waste that should ideally have been handled at the source itself,” said Ms. Srijana.

She emphasised that the immediate focus is on creating awareness and changing behaviour before moving towards punitive measures. The corporation has also begun introducing new solid waste management tools and systems, which have been in effect since April 1.

Ms. Srijana said the issue is not merely about cleanliness, but also about creating a culture of civic responsibility in rapidly urbanising areas. In busy commercial zones, the absence of bins or organised disposal systems often results in customers throwing waste directly onto roadsides, eventually increasing the load on municipal sanitation systems.