Mysuru: The district administration and zilla panchayat have turned their attention towards setting up processing units to process garbage generated on the city's outskirts.
Sources told TOI that the ZP has received Rs 2.1 crore under Swachh Bharat mission to set up such units in more than a dozen gram panchayats under the limits of Chamundeshwari assembly segment covering both urban and rural pockets.
Officials said setting up such units will ease the mounting garbage crisis and solid waste management issues of the Mysuru City Corporation.
Garbage processing units may come up in GPs like Harohalli, Rammanahalli, Gangralchatra, Dhanagalli, Jayapura, Doora, Varakodu, Naganhalli, Varuna Beerihundi, Siddalingapura, Maratikyathanahalli, Marballi, MB Halli, Doddamaragowdnahalli, Hosahundi, Ilavala, Koorgalli and Alanahalli.
This will also decentralize garbage processing work by having waste treatment units at source. All these units will treat dry and wet waste.
“Local panchayat development officers have been instructed to initiate the tendering process to set up such units after identifying land and buying tippers for door to door and street to street garbage collection. A single unit can process garbage from three to four nearby villages,” said an official
ZP assistant secretary M Krishna told TOI that local waste processing units in the fringes are essential considering the sharp rise in construction, population and commercial activities in the city.
“All the 266 GPs in the district can utilise the funds available from both the Union and state rural development and panchayat raj departments to set up the units. Each GP can seek Rs 20 lakh by providing details of land and other resources. They can float tenders for garbage collection after getting the ZP’s approval,” he said
“At present, villages in the fringes dump solid waste as they neither have a garbage management plan nor a processing unit. Once processing units start functioning, they can ensure garbage does not go to landfills or get dumped in open grounds resulting in clogging of drains and rivers,” Krishna said.
Sources told TOI that the ZP has received Rs 2.1 crore under Swachh Bharat mission to set up such units in more than a dozen gram panchayats under the limits of Chamundeshwari assembly segment covering both urban and rural pockets.
Officials said setting up such units will ease the mounting garbage crisis and solid waste management issues of the Mysuru City Corporation.
Garbage processing units may come up in GPs like Harohalli, Rammanahalli, Gangralchatra, Dhanagalli, Jayapura, Doora, Varakodu, Naganhalli, Varuna Beerihundi, Siddalingapura, Maratikyathanahalli, Marballi, MB Halli, Doddamaragowdnahalli, Hosahundi, Ilavala, Koorgalli and Alanahalli.
This will also decentralize garbage processing work by having waste treatment units at source. All these units will treat dry and wet waste.
“Local panchayat development officers have been instructed to initiate the tendering process to set up such units after identifying land and buying tippers for door to door and street to street garbage collection. A single unit can process garbage from three to four nearby villages,” said an official
ZP assistant secretary M Krishna told TOI that local waste processing units in the fringes are essential considering the sharp rise in construction, population and commercial activities in the city.
“All the 266 GPs in the district can utilise the funds available from both the Union and state rural development and panchayat raj departments to set up the units. Each GP can seek Rs 20 lakh by providing details of land and other resources. They can float tenders for garbage collection after getting the ZP’s approval,” he said
“At present, villages in the fringes dump solid waste as they neither have a garbage management plan nor a processing unit. Once processing units start functioning, they can ensure garbage does not go to landfills or get dumped in open grounds resulting in clogging of drains and rivers,” Krishna said.
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