The growing urbanisation has acquired a new dimension which needs to be addressed with a sense of urgency, governor ESL Narasimhan has said. The challenge posed by waste management of our city scapes by no means is a simple one.

Participating in the concluding session of the fourth International Conference on Solid Waste Management at Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University here on Thursday, he said that the challenge posed to the administrators is how to keep the cities from becoming dysfunctional and continue to nurture them.

‘’We are in the midst of a consumerist world and with increasing levels of prosperity consumption is seen as a natural entitlement. At the end of the day growing consumption results in growing wastes, effluents as well as a rare degree of efficiency to clean up. Unused wastes turn toxic in no time and degrade the environment. This impacts our well being,” he said.

Urban areas and neighbourhoods should take responsiblity of their environment and communities should invest their concern as well as time to improve their neighbourhoods without which lasting and durable improvements can’t be guaranteed. Municipal administration minister M Maheedhar Reddy urged all the stakeholders to put this knowledge into action which includes our own MAUD department.