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.