The Hindu 02.11.2009
Garbage collection figures at Udupi CMC meeting
Staff Correspondent
Udupi: The issue of door-to-door garbage collection dominated the general body meeting of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) here on Saturday.
Councillor M.R. Pai (BJP) said that although the CMC had implemented the system of door-to-door collection of garbage, some people were not ready to pay Rs. 30 for this facility. The CMC could cut the water connections of those houses not paying the fee, he said.
CMC president Dinakar Shetty said that self-help groups (SHGs) were doing the door-to-door collection of garbage in many areas of the city. This facility would be extended to the entire city. Only a few people in some localities were against paying the monthly fee of Rs. 30, he said.
In some places, CMC personnel, who had gone to collect the monthly fee, were attacked by a few people,Mr. Shetty said.
