Mysuru: Former Minister and senior BJP leader S.A. Ramdas, who had launched an indefinite stir on Dec.14 seeking a permanent solution for the stench and health hazards caused from Excel Waste Treatment Plant at Vidyaranyapuram Sewage Farm, ended the stir on Saturday following an assurance from the Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep that the District…
Waste management: DC holds meeting with MCC officials
December 16, 2017Mysuru: Even as former Minister and BJP leader S.A Ramdas is on a collision course with the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) seeking a permanent solution to the foul smell emanating from the Excel Solid Waste Treatment Plant or Sewage Farm at Vidyaranyapuram, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep held a meeting with MCC officials at his office…
DC appeals Ramdas to call off stir
December 16, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep visited the Excel Waste Treatment Plant at Vidyaranyapuram this morning and called on former Minister S.A. Ramdas where the latter is leading an indefinite agitation over the stinking garbage problem in the vicinity. The DC assured Ramdas and the protesters that the issue will be solved soon with new treatment…
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 Woes: Indefinite strike begins
December 14, 2017Mysuru: Intensifying their protest against Excel Solid Waste Management Plant or Sewage Farm at Vidyaranyapuram, over 500 residents of Vidyaranyapuram, J.P. Nagar, Kanakagiri, Gundu Rao Nagar, Vishveshwaranagar and surrounding areas, led by former Minister S.A. Ramdas, began indefinite strike this morning. As part of the protest, over 15 trucks transporting garbage to the Treatment Plant…
Excel Plant stink: Ramdas to launch indefinite hunger strike from tomorrow
December 13, 2017Mysuru: Alleging that the State Government had failed to find a permanent solution for the stench emanating from the Excel Plant at Sewage Farm premises in Vidyaranyapuram here which is leading to health hazards among the residents, former Minister S.A. Ramdas has said that he would launch an indefinite hunger stir near the Plant from…
MP Pratap Simha inspects Excel Plant in Vidyaranyapuram
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Following complaints by residents demanding a permanent solution for the stink and health hazards caused by Excel Plant at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, along with over 200 BJP activists, inspected the Plant yesterday. Accusing K.R. Congress MLA M.K. Somashekar of ignoring the plight of local people, who are exposed to…
Residents to protest against Excel Waste Management Plant from Dec. 14
December 10, 2017Mysuru: Unbearable stink emanating from Solid Waste Management Plant or Excel Solid Waste Management Plant in Vidyaranyapuram is proving to be a health hazard to local residents. Residents of J.P. Nagar, Vishveshwaranagar and Vidyaranyapuram have been suffering from different ailments like nausea, headache and asthma. A meeting was held here on Wednesday at Mahaveer Bhavan…
Vacant site in Vidyaranyapuram crying for attention
November 12, 2017A lot of unwanted weeds and bushes grown in the vacant site next to the house of one Venkatesh, No. 905, 4th Main, 28th Cross, Vidyaranyapuram, is an eyesore. Also, snakes have been spotted in the vicinity which has panicked people around. The MCC has been urged to take action against such site owners who…
Electric pole posing danger in Vidyaranyapuram
October 23, 2017An electric pole opposite Vidyaranyapuram Park has live exposed wires. These two wires when joined switches on the street-lights in the area. This pole is just half-a-km away from CESC opposite Sterling Theatre and is on a busy road which leads to St. Thomas School, hardly 50 meters away. So there are chances that children…
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