GHMC to recruit food inspector posts

Hyderabad, May 10: The Telangana govt has planned to recruit the 200 posts in GHMC of Town Planning Supervisors/Town Planning Assistants and 26 Food Inspectors (Food Safety Officers).

The Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has approved the proposal and the posts would be filled up by the Telangana Public Service Commission(TSPSC).

The GHMC had requested the government to fill up the posts for speedy processing of the administrative and technical files at ground level and also to provide basic civic amenities to the citizens to make Hyderabad as a clean and green global city.

However, of the total cadre strength of 412 posts from the Chief City Planner to the Surveyor, the present strength is only 135.

The municipal administration minister K T Rama Rao has requested the chief minister to fill the vacant posts in the town planning department of the GHMC.

Apart from town planning staff, there are only three food safety officers in the GHMC area and there is a need for another 26 officers. The chief minister agreed to the proposal to fill up 26 Food Safety Officers through the TSPSC.