Mysore/Mysuru: The tender process has finally commenced for the clearance of over 7 lakh tonnes of legacy waste accumulated at the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) in Vidyaranyapuram, Mysuru. The project, marred by numerous obstacles, has experienced prolonged delays. Speaking to Star of Mysore, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Ashaad-ur-Rahman Shariff said that the…
Solid waste clearance at Vidyaranyapuram Excel Plant: State to approve Rs. 58 crore project
March 28, 2023Meeting with Chief Secretary tomorrow; Tenders to be called soon: MP Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: The controversial Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) at Sewage Farm which has been inviting the wrath of local residents, thanks to the foul smell emanating from the rotting waste, will soon be cleared. There are over 7 lakh tonnes of…
Rs. 57 crore to clear legacy waste at Vidyaranyapuram
December 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka Government will soon approve a Detailed Project Report (DPR) worth Rs. 57 crore to clear mounds of legacy waste that has piled up over the years, causing unbearable stench at the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) at Sewage Farm premises in Vidyaranyapuram here. “Over 6.5 lakh tonnes of waste have accumulated…
Kesare, Rayanakere waste plants to be reality in two months
November 9, 2022Vidyaranyapuram Excel Plant to be shut; 7 lakh tonnes of legacy waste to be cleared CAPACITY, COST, TIMELINE Kesare Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling Plant: Up to 300 tonnes to be ready by Dec. 15 Rayanakere Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling Plant: Up to 200 tonnes by January 2023 Project Cost: Kesare Rs. 22 cr.;…
Stink will Stop?
March 15, 2021MCC invites tenders to remove mounds of garbage at Sewage Farm Tenders worth Rs. 10.13 crore for biomining, transportation and disposal Mysore/Mysuru: In a big relief to nearly a lakh residents living around the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) at Sewage Farm premises in Vidyaranyapuram, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has finally called for…
Project clearing Excel Plant stench caught in tender quagmire
September 1, 2020MLA Ramdas writes to MCC to stall tender process of Bioremediation project Mysore/Mysuru: The desperate wait of over 50,000 residents living around the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) at Sewage Farm premises in Vidyaranyapuram for relief from foul smell has just got longer as the project to clear the legacy waste is stuck in…
Excel Plant Stench: MP, MLA clarify stand before media
May 10, 2020No objection to Nagpur Model if people agree, says Ramdas Honest attempt made; public opinion sought, adds Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: The issue of stench emanating from the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) at Sewage Farm premises in Vidyaranyapuram and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha’s statement that he was committed to solve the problem while Krishnaraja…
Public opinion must be sought before implementing Excel Plant project: MLA
May 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja MLA S.A. Ramdas has said that before the waste is cleared from the Solid Waste Management Unit (Excel Plant) in Vidyaranyapuram under any project, public opinion must be sought. “I have been fighting for this issue for many years and I have not indulged in a verbal spat with anyone but have brought…
Sewage Farm: Living to tell the tale
December 15, 2017Life in the surroundings of Excel Solid Waste Management Plant (Sewage Farm) at Vidyaranyapuram has become nightmarish for thousands of residents with unbearable stench emanating out of the plant 24×7 and 365 days. Star of Mysore spoke to a few residents of the area who had assembled at the plant for an indefinite protest that…
Garbage trouble for S.A. Ramdas: Former Minister, aides arrested for stopping truck carrying trash into Sewage Farm
December 15, 2017Mysuru: Former Minister and BJP leader S.A. Ramdas, who had launched an indefinite hunger strike yesterday urging the authorities to solve the issue related to Excel Plant at Sewage Farm in city, was arrested by Vidyaranyapuram Police, here this morning on charges of preventing public servants from discharging their duties. Police said that the former…
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