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S Bachan Jeet Singh ByExpress News ServiceHYDERABAD: For the first time, sanitation and upkeep of three important tourist spots — Charminar, Salar Jung Museum and Mecca Masjid — and Secunderabad Railway Station will be under control of a private agency. The GHMC will pay `29.05 lakh for a period of two months for the pilot project. GHMC officials told Express that the initiative is to showcase the change that can be brought by outsourcing upkeep and sanitation of areas surrounding tourist spots. Based on the outcome of the pilot, GHMC proposes to engage private agencies for round-the-clock sanitation covering as many as two dozen tourist spots across the city. MAUD Minister KT Rama Rao also directed for privatisation and maintenance of sanitation for 11 tourist spots of national and international repute..