Thursday March 19th 2026
Councillor Soryia Siddique in Victoria Road as clean up continues in Govanhill
Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Sarah Hilley
Council clean up teams have been blitzing grime from Govanhill streets this week, with the area becoming increasingly popular with visitors from other parts of the city.
Victoria Road’s varied selection of cafes and eateries are proving an attraction and local councillor Soryia Siddique is calling for sustained action to keep the area tidy.
Workers have descended on the streets lifting litter, sweeping footpaths, weeding and clearing flytipped rubbish, sprucing up the neighbourhood within the boundary of Victoria Road to Cathcart and Calder Street to Dixon Avenue.
Labour councillor Siddique said: “It does look cleaner. We want it to be like that all the time. The week of action is good. It is just about sustaining that. We want the weeks of action to be fully funded services sustained throughout the year.”
Commenting on the area, Dr Siddique added: “It is a vibrant and diverse. If you go down Victoria Road you will see the options of food and coffee. People are coming from all over the city.”
Over the course of time since representing Govanhill from 2012, councillor Siddique added: “I have seen a big difference especially in Victoria Road.”
One of the major problems impacting the area has been flytipping with people usiing it as a dumping ground.
Govanhill has emerged as a flytipping hotspot with 6,525 incidents reported between January 2024 and November 2025.
Urging people to report flytipping, councillor Siddique said: “I want to encourage people to come forward so enforcement can take place.
“People want a clean and green area. They don’t want to go out in the streets and find litter and flytipped items. People don’t want blame. They want action.
“We need regular gully cleaning, effective enforcement, enough cleansing staff and services adequately funding throughout the year.”
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