Transportation of goods and solid waste in city bus

In an earlier figure I have shown how commuters are to stand in the bus during peak hours. In this figure I have indicated the sites at which the containers meant for transportation of goods and solid wastes are to be placed in the bus during non peak hours. Goods containers are placed in the gents section adjacent to the barricade. They are firmly fixed to the barricade by a suitable mechanism so that the containers do not move when the bus is in motion. Locking the containers and chaining them to the barricade may be resorted to for safety purposes to prevent thefts. The first six white colored containers have airport related mail and parcels. the next five blue containers contain mail and parcels related to the Nampally railway station. The last red colored containers have mail and parcels of Secunderabad railway station.

In the ladies section, the first four brown colored containers contain dry solid waste which is hazardous; the next four blue colored containers contain dry solid waste which is non hazardous. Both of these types of containers are deposited at the solid waste wall by the RTR bus inexchange for empty ones brought in by earlier buses. The next four green colored containers contain wet solid waste and are unloaded at the PSWMS i.e. peripheral solid waste management site at the IBT for vermi-composting under tree shade. The last four yellow colored containers contain bio-medical waste meant for incineration ; these containers are unloaded at the public cemetery for incineration.

Both gents and ladies traveling in the city bus are to lend a helping hand in loading and unloading of these containers. It will give them good exercise, quicken up unloading and loading times and allow the commuters to do their role in promoting bus services and keeping the city free from solid wastes.