The Hindu 11.12.2010
Mysore to adopt zero waste management system
Special Correspondent
26 self-help groups have been trained
390 tonnes of garbage is generated every day
in Mysore city
MYSORE: The Mysore City Corporation will introduce zero waste management in 12 wards in January 2011 in a bid to reduce pollution and to recycle the waste.
Corporation Commissioner K.S. Raykar, recently addressed a workshop on “Decentralised Basic Needs Service” organised by the corporation, the Rural Literacy and Health Programme, and the Consortium for Decentralised Waste Water Treatment Systems Dissemination. He said that at present zero waste management was being implemented in one ward but this will be extended to 12 wards for which training has been imparted to more than 300 persons and 26 self-help groups. The workshop was inaugurated by Deputy Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath. The workshop was held in the backdrop of rapid urbanisation of Mysore and the imperative of decentralised basic needs service, as the city, with a population of 1.2 million, generated 390 tonnes of garbage daily.
At present, out of the 390 tonnes of garbage, only 200 tonnes is handled by the sewage treatment plant in the city which works intermittently. G. William of Rural Literacy and Health Programme delivered the keynote address. He presented a macro picture of the problem of waste generated in urban areas. He said that a study of 107 samples from borewells of Mysore city revealed that 51 samples or 47.66 p.c. of the samples were contaminated and contained nitrates greater than the permissible level. This is harmful, he added.
