Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who stayed overnight in city, chaired his first meeting this morning at 8, with a delegation of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) who had come to meet him seeking approval to set up a construction waste treatment plant in city.

The construction waste disposal unit has been proposed by the MCC to clear the waste as is being done in New Delhi. The unit has a capacity of recycling construction waste so that the waste can be used to make inter-locking tiles and other stone slabs.

The delegation told the CM that every day, MUDA and MCC generates construction waste that reaches up to 100 tonnes. The proposal was passed by the MCC Council and it was sent to the State government for approval.

As the project would cost more than Rs. 15 crore, the Urban Development Ministry officials objected to this, the delegation told the CM.

Listening to the delegation, the CM assured MCC authorities that he would speak to the Ministry concerned and get the project cleared.

Swimming Pools

The delegation also told the CM that the MCC was planning to construct three swimming pools at Subbarayanakere, Nivedithanagar Stadium and Udayagiri Ali Park and sought his approval as the maintenance contract will have to be given to companies on a 30-year lease with a revenue-sharing model with the MCC.

MLA M.K. Somashekar, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha, Deputy Mayor Rathna Lakshman, former Mayors T.B. Chikkanna, Pushpalatha Chikkanna, H.N. Srikantaiah, Purushotham and B.L. Bhyrappa, Corporators Kempanna, K.V. Mallesh, Sunil, Snake Shyam and others were present.