Mangaluru city chosen for sustainable solid waste management study: Commissioner

Mangaluru city chosen for sustainable solid waste management study: Commissioner

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Sep 20, 2022: MCC Commissioner Akshy Sridhar has informed that Mangaluru city has been selected on a pilot basis by the state government for a study of sustainable solid waste management.

 

 

 

 

He was addressing a workshop organised at the Mangala Auditorium of the MCC on September 20, Tuesday on techiques to improve solid waste management and to prepare an action plan in this regard. The event was organised in association with KUIDFC and World Bank.

The Commissioner said the agency which is presently entrusted with the task of door to door waste collection in Mangaluru has been given a year’s extension. Once the new DPR gets approval at the Government level fresh tenders will be invited, he said. He said the Mangaluru city presently has 300 permanent municipal workers.

MCC Opposition leader Naveen D’Souza who spoke on the occasion, said there is a need for further improving the door to door waste collection system.

CREDAI Mangaluru Chapter President Pushparaj Jain, Catering Association Representative Rajesh,  former mayors Premanand Shetty, Bhasker K, representatives of various organisations took part in the event.