The Hindu 17.08.2013
‘Start separating garbage at source’
‘Start separting garbage at source’
In-charge Secretary of Dakshina Kannada Bharatlal Meena here on Friday instructed the Mangalore City Corporation officials to start collecting segregated solid waste from houses in the jurisdiction of the civic body in the next six months.
At a meeting of officials, he instructed the Commissioner of the corporation to achieve 80 per cent progress in it within six months and send monthly progress report to him. Mr. Meena, Principal Secretary of Department of Agriculture, in-charge Principal Secretary of Department of Youth Services and Sports, said that segregating solid waste at source was a success at Moodbidri town. Such models should be given publicity and emulated.
Mr. Meena said that Labour Department officials in cooperation with city corporation officials should identify construction workers who did not have identity cards and issue them the cards within the next two weeks.
