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聽 tracked by聽 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聽 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚聽 possible the junk shop is along its garbage collection route.鈥�
Grace Luardo, DPS radio tracking in-charge, said聽 Global Positioning System (GPS) devices聽聽 were installed in all garbage trucks last year to monitor their movements. The聽 tracking device is connected to the DPS computer.
She said聽 several erring聽 truck drivers聽聽 were聽 reprimanded and reassigned as penalty for violation on first offense.
鈥淏ut so far, there have been no suspensions because we have not caught second offenders,鈥澛� said Luardo.
Using his laptop, Luardo showed reporters in a briefing yesterday聽 the movement of dump truck No. 34.
The truck聽 was spotted in barangay Mabolo at 6 a.m. It聽聽 shut down its engine at 6:50 a.m. near a junk shop in J. de Veyra Street聽 at the North Reclamation Area. The truck聽 restarted聽 at 7:06 a.m.
Gualiza said he is still checking聽 the driver鈥檚 name and the purpose for his visit on J. de Verya Street. /Doris C. Bongcac, Chief of Reporters