The Hindu 06.11.2014
MCC officials visit zero waste management units
The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) is planning to activate the nine zero waste management units set up in different zones of the city soon to reduce pressure on its existing garbage treatment plant in Vidyaranyapuram here.
Mayor R. Lingappa, who led a delegation of councillors and officials of MCC to various zero waste management units here on Thursday as part of its initiative to create awareness about segregation of waste, said he had convened a meeting on Friday to discuss the modalities to start the units as soon as possible.
Mr. Lingappa said the city generates about 450 tonnes of waste every day and the existing garbage treatment plant can process barely 200 tonnes. “If all nine units start functioning, the pressure on the treatment plant at Vidyaranyapuram will come down,” he said.
Also, he said he will discuss the matter with councillors and officials to work out modalities for treating the waste generated in each ward within the particular zone.
M.K. Somashekar, Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency MLA, and D. Made Gowda, former MLC, were also part of the delegation that visited the zero waste management unit at Kumbarkoppal.
The unit collects around three tonnes of waste everyday and generates a revenue of Rs. 15,000 to Rs. 20,000 a moth by selling the manure at Rs. 600 a tractor load, said an MCC official.
