The Hindu 31.12.2013
MCC begins to clear city of concrete debris
Early on Monday morning, the city corporation started
clearing out tonnes of construction debris that had been piled along
stretches of city roads.
Launching the campaign by
getting earthmovers to clear out the debris in front of the Police
Commissioner’s office and by the railway crossing at Pandeshwar,
Mangalore City South MLA J.R. Lobo said that over the next 15 days
officials of the Mangalore City Corporation would clear out piles of
debris and garbage seen around the city.
“The Deputy
Commissioner and the MCC are taking up the matter of dumping and the
possibility of penalising builders who dump debris,” he said.
Consenting
that the problem arose because of a lack of dumping grounds in and
around the city, Mr. Lobo said: “But, builders should not be dumping
their refuse by the road. The corporation is in the process of
identifying around three spots on the outskirts of the city where the
debris can be dumped.”
The MLA called for stringent
implementation of the anti-littering and anti-spitting sections of the
Karnataka Municipals (Amendment) Act, 2013.
On
door-to-door collection of garbage in the city, which so far has
received little success, the MLA said the tender for its collection was
“in the final stages”. “It will be implemented across the city soon,” he
said.
He believed, if segregation was achieved, the
landfill and composting plant at Pachanady would be far more effective
than it was now.