Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Wadiyar visited the Excel Plant at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram here this afternoon, where the legacy waste is being cleared, but caught fire recently, sparking concerns about the health of the people living in the surrounding localities, due to the hazardous stench emanating from the place. Wadiyar, who was accompanied by…
Sewage Farm fire doused but questions linger on
February 11, 2025Residents raise questions of negligence by contractor, MCC officials and environmental impact of burning Mysuru: The fire at the decades-old solid waste dump site in the Sewage Farm of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in Vidyaranyapuram has been doused. This morning, workers were seen spraying water on embers and burning residues across multiple mounds of the…
Major fire breaks out at Sewage Farm
February 9, 2025A major fire broke out at the Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram this noon, engulfing five to six garbage mounds, including plastic waste. The fire spread rapidly due to intense heat, triggering prompt response from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. Over 40 fire personnel and one fire engine are battling the flames. Mysuru City…
Seven lakh tonnes solid waste at Sewage Farm: Clearing work on war-footing
December 12, 2024Mysuru: The works on clearing seven lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Sewage Farm, Vidyaranyapuram in the city, is going on a war-footing. It has been six months since the works were launched in June and are expected to be complete by January 2026. The legacy waste — Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) that has been…
Tendering process: MGP Members raise concerns
June 12, 2024Vidyaranyapuram solid waste clearance and Kukkarahalli Lake rejuvenation Mysore/Mysuru: The issue of tenders awarded to clear the seven lakh tonnes of waste that has piled up at Vidyaranyapuram Sewage Plant to a Surat-based company M/s D.H. Patel Hardik Bhikhabhai Khunt with no prior experience in such tasks was a prominent topic at the Mysuru Grahakara…
Rain stalls Solid Waste Clearance Drive
June 10, 2024MCC to take Police protection to dump waste at Old Kesare Solid Waste Treatment Plant Mysore/Mysuru: The disposal process of an estimated seven lakh tonnes of legacy waste (solid waste) at the Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram, which has remained undisposed for the past 20 years, has been delayed due to continuous rainfall. The process was…
Disposing Mountain of stinking solid waste in city
May 31, 2024Doubts about chosen contractor’s competence Learn from past mistakes Now I learn that the final authority to approve this ‘technical bid’, the State High Power Committee (SHPC), has given its approval. So this work will go to the successful bidder M/s D.H. Patel. The MCC Administrator may request the SHPC to review its earlier decision…
No more dumping garbage at Sewage Farm
May 30, 2024MCC Commr. to hold meeting later today Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner has announced that henceforth, there will be no dumping of garbage, both wet and dry waste, at the Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram. This notification was released on May 28. The notice specifies that garbage dumping will not be permitted in Survey…
Curse of landfill haunts our city
May 30, 2024PM Modi wants to help but… Wealth we produce goes to our Bank. Where does the waste we produce go? It goes to the landfill in different parts of our city. The biggest one is at Sewage Farm, Vidyaranyapuram, Mysuru South, occupying 14 acres and it is so big beforelong it might compete with the…
Solid waste clearance at Vidyaranyapuram: Petition filed in High Court against tender process
May 29, 2024MCC Commissioner directed to appoint officer to submit reports, documents Mysore/Mysuru: The State Mission Director of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) from the Urban Development Department, Bengaluru, has directed the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner to appoint an experienced officer to provide information and relevant documents pertaining to the tenders called for clearance of legacy waste…
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