GHMC uses FTC machine to remove water hyacinth at Banjara Lake

Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi launched a floating trash collector machine to remove water hyacinth from Banjara Lake. GHMC also deployed a drone to spray larvicide as part of anti-larva operations, which are being carried out four times in every city ward

Hyderabad: Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi launched a floating trash collector (FTC) machine to remove water hyacinth and aquatic weeds from Banjara Lake in Banjara Hills on Wednesday.

Water hyacinth had spread extensively across the decades-old Banjara Lake, and the GHMC is using FTC machines to remove it and make the lake a clean water body.

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As part of anti-larva operations, a drone was also used to spray larvicide liquid to control the mosquito menace in the lake area.

Speaking on the occasion, the Mayor said GHMC had launched anti-larva operations across the city and was conducting them four times in each ward to check the mosquito menace.