Mysore/Mysuru: The 414th Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara that concluded yesterday has brought to fore the authorities’ failure to walk the talk, when it comes to curbing plastic menace to the full. Even as the District Administration had left no stone unturned in the run up to Dasara festival by declaring Chamundi Hill as ‘Plastic Free’…
Mysore/Mysuru: A large quantity of banned plastic materials which were stored in various godowns at Santhepet has been seized by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials recently. The MCC team led by Environmental Engineer Mythri, which raided the gowdowns, found nine tonnes of the banned plastic materials worth about Rs. 10 lakh stored and seized…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officers raided several transport offices at Old Santhepet in the city last evening and seized 715 kg of banned plastic. The raids were conducted on Sun Transport, Vega Transport and Santosh Matha Transport Offices in Old Santhepet, by a team of Officers including Deputy Commissioner of MCC Zone-1 Manjunath Reddy,…
Mysore/Mysuru: To rein in plastic menace in the city, National Green Tribunal (NGT) State Committee Chairman Justice Subhash B. Adi has cracked a whip on the vendors selling banned plastic materials. The drive led by Justice Adi came a day after he issued stiff directions to the Officers to ban the use and sale of…
228 kg plastic seized; four shops sealed Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials, who raided various shops at Shivarampet and Santhepet yesterday, have seized 228 kg of banned plastic materials from the shops besides collecting a total fine of Rs. 22,000 from the shopkeepers. The officials have also sealed four shops for storing the banned…
30 bags of plastic waste collected on first day; special drive till Mar. 21 Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department has launched a special drive to make Chamundi Hill plastic-free. Starting from Mar. 3 to 21, the Department will be collecting plastic waste at the Hill. Chamundi Hill is a prominent religious and tourist spot in Old Mysuru…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials, who are acting tough on storing, sale and distribution of the banned single use plastics in city raided a shop in Santhepet and seized 110 kg of the banned materials besides imposing a fine of Rs. 5,000 on the shop owner. Following a complaint, the MCC officials raided…
Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their drive against storing and selling of banned plastic items in city, the staff of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) led by MCC Additional Deputy Commissioner M.J. Roopa, yesterday conducted raids on shops selling and storing banned plastic items and have seized over 7 quintal of banned plastic besides imposing a total fine of…
City firm makes stronger-than-concrete interlock tiles from single-use plastic waste In spite of taking multiple steps to address the plastic waste problem, residents and civic authorities know for sure that there is still a long way to go. Over 20 to 25 percent (over 80 tonnes) of the total municipal solid waste generated in Mysuru…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) which has enforced a strict ban on storing, selling and encouraging use of plastic, are conducting raids to check the sale of the banned item regularly. In a recent raid on a shop at Devaraja Market, the MCC authorities, who found the banned plastic being stored and sold at…
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