Mysore: In a bid to ensure that Mysore becomes ‘Swachh Mysore,’ MCC Commissioner Dr. C.G. Betsurmath instructed the MCC health officials to work on few guidelines on Wednesday October 22.
He directed them to identify locations for setting up Dry Waste Collection Centres in 18 MCC Wards in the first phase to collect, segregate and transport dry waste generated in city to be dumped at nine selected spots.
Addressing a meeting of MCC Health Officers at his office, Dr. Besturmath said that nearly 400 tonnes of waste was being generated in city daily out of which 338 tonnes were from households, 20 tonnes from commercial establishments, 21 tonnes from hotels and restaurants, six tonnes from choultries and community halls and 17 tonnes from street sweeping.
Continuing, Dr. Besturmath urged the officials of the MCC Health Department to effectively implement the ‘Swachh Mysore’ programme launched as part of Swachh Bharat campaign and added the effective implementation of solid waste management would result in making Mysore clean.
MCC Health Officers Dr. Ramachandra and Dr. Shivaswamy, eight environmental engineers and 11 Health Inspectors were among those present at the closed-door meeting. It is learnt that the MCC, in the second phase of the implementation of the campaign, proposes to set up such waste collection centres at all the 65 Wards for the convenience of its staff in collecting and transporting waste and also help citizens to deposit wastes at designated spots.
