The Hindu             31.07.2013 

Workshop on biogas technology

A workshop on biogas technology will be held at TMS Hall in Sirsi on Thursday under the auspices of Sahyadri Parisara Vardhini Yadalli. The workshop will throw light on solid waste management in both urban and rural areas. Deputy Commissioner Inkanglo Jameer will inaugurate the workshop at 11 a.m. MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Vrakshlaksha Andolan president Anant Ashisar, and Deputy Conservator of Forest D. Yatishkumar will attend.

The Hindu              29.07.2013

Collection of segregated waste in MVP soon

Staff Reporter

Collection of domestic waste, separated as dry and wet, will be resumed in MVP Colony area.

The collection had been taken up earlier under the pilot dustbin-free programme.

Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana asked officials to work out details for introducing the collection again.

Earlier, during his ward visit, he enquired about the implementation of the new sanitation scheme “Viswam” from residents in Subhashnagar, Gowrinagar and Durgapuram in Wards 41 and 42.

He said sanitation workers would be paid wages by the 26{+t}{+h}of every month and if anyone was absent after that it would be adjusted in the subsequent month.