Garbage truck no. 34 of the Department of Public Services of Cebu City dropped by a junk shop along J. de Veyra Road for 16 minutes yesterday.
Engr. Dionisio Gualiza, Department of Public Service (DPS) head, said the truck driver will be made to explain.
City government garbage trucks are prohibited from dropping by junk shops to sell scrap materials they collect.
Since last year, DPS trucks have been tracked by their location and activity to check efficiency and curb selling discards on the side.
But truck no. 34 will be asked to explain his stopover “because it’s possible the junk shop is along its garbage collection route.”
Grace Luardo, DPS radio tracking in-charge, said Global Positioning System (GPS) devices were installed in all garbage trucks last year to monitor their movements. The tracking device is connected to the DPS computer.
She said several erring truck drivers were reprimanded and reassigned as penalty for violation on first offense.
“But so far, there have been no suspensions because we have not caught second offenders,” said Luardo.
Using his laptop, Luardo showed reporters in a briefing yesterday the movement of dump truck No. 34.
The truck was spotted in barangay Mabolo at 6 a.m. It shut down its engine at 6:50 a.m. near a junk shop in J. de Veyra Street at the North Reclamation Area. The truck restarted at 7:06 a.m.
Gualiza said he is still checking the driver’s name and the purpose for his visit on J. de Verya Street. /Doris C. Bongcac, Chief of Reporters