Hyderabad, July 5 -- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday, July 5, launched a free mattress and furniture pickup service, days after sanitation workers pulled out truckloads of discarded furniture from the city's nalas.

The service can be accessed by scanning a QR code.

Nala cleanup in Hyderabad

On June 28, Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA) shared visuals of the clean-up drive at several drains in the city and said that truckloads of cable wires, plastic waste, pillows, blankets, mattresses and sofas were pulled out by sanitation workers.

The Aghapura Nala near Darussalam was the worst affected, with 13 truckloads of garbage being removed in six days.

Other drains in the city wer...