MCC Commissioner directs Pourakarmikas not to accept unsegregated waste from houses Mysore/Mysuru: Grappling with the problem of non-segregation of dry and wet waste at source by most households, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has initiated tough measures to ensure compliance. In addition to levying penalties for non-segregation, MCC has directed door-to-door Pourakarmikas not to accept…
DC warns of action against Clinics, Hospitals over waste segregation
July 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra has directed officials to issue notice and take necessary action against Clinics, Private and Government Hospitals if they are found disposing off wastes without segregation. He was speaking after presiding over a meeting of Bio-waste Management Monitoring Committee at the DHO Office here yesterday. Warning Clinics and Hospitals of…
Waste segregation plant inside public park
November 25, 2022Residents of Hebbal Third Stage oppose MCC move as park will turn into dry waste dump yard Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) plans to sort waste inside a public park in Hebbal have not gone down well with residents of the area. Huge constructions are coming up inside the park in complete violation of…
MCC plans Solid Waste Management in a year
November 25, 2020Disposal of waste has been the biggest challenge for all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including the fast growing Mysuru city. With generation of around 500 tonnes of waste daily, disposing it off has become a big problem due to resistance from local public against having solid waste processing units in their areas. As new Layouts…
Nauseating Stench: Meat waste plant leaves residents of Old Kesare and surrounding areas gasping for clean air
June 23, 2019If Saadat Hasan Manto, writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana during the British Raj became famous with his Urdu short story “Boo” that means “Smell”, a quiet locality in Mysuru is becoming famous or rather infamous or call it notorious for its “Smell” — a horrible meat waste stench. The smell is due to…
MCC to survey mass wet waste generation points
June 9, 2019Mysuru: With timely and appropriate disposal of all sorts of wet waste and garbage posing a daunting challenge to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the Civic Body will embark on conducting a survey of hotels, lodges, hostels, marriage halls, industries etc., on the generation of wet waste at those points. Mysuru, which a few years…
Mysuru bags Best Award for waste segregation
June 9, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru city has been conferred with the ‘Four Leaves Award’ at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) convention on Urban Solid Waste Management held in New Delhi on June 7. While Mysuru has performed well as the city with the best processes to remain clean, Bengaluru scores low in the assessment of the…
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