30 fire fighters from 4 Fire Stations battle for 30 hours Mysore/Mysuru: About ten acres of landfill at the waste disposal plant in Vidyaranyapuram Sewage Farm caught fire on Tuesday afternoon and fire-fighters had a hard time dousing out the fire. After receiving information about fire at the waste disposal plant, the Office of MLA …
Shift Sewage Farm, demand residents
November 2, 2019Mysuru: With no respite from the stink of the garbage piled up enormously at the Excel Solid Waste Management Plant or Sewage Farm at Vidyaranyapuram, the residents of Vidyaranyapuram, J.P. Nagar, Kanakagiri, Gundu Rao Nagar, Vishveshwaranagar and surrounding areas are demanding the authorities to shift the waste management plant. Nearly two lakh tonnes of waste…
Residents around Sewage Farm can breathe easy now: MLA
April 10, 2018Mysuru: The people in the surrounding areas of Sewage Farm where the solid waste treatment plant is functioning can heave a sigh of relief as two more waste treatment plants will come up at Rayanakere and Kesare. Both have been accorded environmental clearance by the State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority, Karnataka, said MLA M.K. Somashekar….
Pollution Control Board officials visit Sewage Farm
March 24, 2018Mysuru: The Sewage Farm and the Excel Treatment Plant at Vidyaranyapuram is back in news after a break of three months. This time, it is the visit of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) officials, who inspected the plant on Thursday and took objections to the unscientific way the waste is being treated. The CPCB officials…
Former Mayor demands withdrawal of Buffer Zone notification around sewage farm
March 4, 2018Mysuru: Demanding that the Government withdraw the notification declaring the areas coming under 500mts radius of Vidyaranyapuram sewage farm as a Buffer Zone, former Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa has warned of leading an indefinite protest by residents. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Bhyrappa pointed out that there were many people who were residing in the…
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