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Corporation launches drive against stray cattle

Wednesday, 10 July 2013 05:12 administrator
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The Hindu                10.07.2013

Corporation launches drive against stray cattle

Staff Correspondent

The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has launched a drive to remove stray cattle from the streets in Hubli.

HDMC officials, with the help of the police, caught 12 stray cattle from Subhash Road and the market area on Monday night and shifted them to a goshala (cattle shed) in the outskirts of the city.

The corporation had come under the scanner for not dealing with the issue for years. It had taken action after receiving several complaints about stray cattle causing traffic congestion and minor accidents.

The officials said many of the cows were not strays, but were left to feed themselves by the owners. HDMC had issued warnings to cattle-owners not to allow their cattle on roads and in crowded places, but some owners had not heeded. The drive would be launched soon in all wards and people could register complaints with the HDMC, officials said.

 

Sewage line clearing to be taken up

Tuesday, 09 July 2013 04:58 administrator
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The Hindu                 09.07.2013

Sewage line clearing to be taken up

The BWSSB will take up sewage line clearing work on July 10 at: R.T. Nagar, Sanjaynagar, New BEL Road, Anandanagar, Ganganagar of North-East 3 subdivision (ph: 9845444025); and V.V.Puram/Sudhamanagar 2, Kempe Gowda Nagar, Jagjeevanram Nagar, Chamarajpet areas (ph: 9845444085).

 

Clean City Championship off to a flying start

Friday, 05 July 2013 05:18 administrator
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The Hindu                05.07.2013

Clean City Championship off to a flying start

Municipal sanitary workers being trained in the segregation of waste at the launch of Clean City Championship in Guntur on Thursday. —pHOTO: T. Vijaya Kumar
Municipal sanitary workers being trained in the segregation of waste at the launch of Clean City Championship in Guntur on Thursday. —pHOTO: T. Vijaya Kumar

Its 6 a.m. and the residential colony at Pattabhipuram is yet to wake up. Enter the sanitary staff wearing colourful caps, gloves wheeling their push carts with plastic bins. A shrill whistle and a pair of eyes peer through the window. The door opens and the worker picks up the bin and dumps into the huge plastic bin. The convoy of push carts moves on and the competition is off to a start.

These are the scenes witnessed on day 1 of the Clean City Championship which began here on Thursday. The programme kicked off in the election ward no 31 with a battery of municipal personnel headed by Additional Commissioner P. Srinivasulu beginning the contest.

After a brief pep talk by CCC resource person Suresh Bhandari, the workers set off. The initial response was a bit lukewarm. But soon the residents began to respond, some of them even joining the programme. The collection was moderate but it was the just the beginning. On Day 1, about 7 quintals of waste was generated and sent to the yard.

Municipal Health Officer Sridhar said that they had planned to cover 2,354 houses in 31 election ward and 1,970 houses in 10th election ward.

He hoped that the response would improve in the coming days.

Meanwhile, support continued to pour in for the programme. RVR & JC College of Engineering presented a cheque of Rs.3 lakh to Mr. Srinivasulu and urged him to use the money for the welfare of sanitary workers.

Deputy Commissioner Abdul Latif, MHO-Guntur 1 Naik and personnel from engineering and Town planning were present.

 
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