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A feather in Mysore corporation’s cap

— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

For a clean city: Garbage collection has been privatised in 48 of the 65 wards in Mysore.

MYSORE: The Mysore City Corporation (MCC), which has privatised solid waste management in 48 wards of the 65 wards in the city, has bagged the Icon City award for best solid waste management. The award has been instituted by the Centre for Quality Management System, Jadhavpur University, Kolkata.

Mayor Purushottam and Commissioner of the MCC K.S. Raikar received the award at the International Conference on Solid Waste Management (IconSWM) held at Jadhavpur University recently.

Union Minister of State for Urban Development Saugata Ray presented the award which carried a citation and a memento.

IconSWM was organised to focus on and highlight the best practices of solid waste management and involvement of private players in these practices.

According to the Mayor, several local bodies from 15 States vied for the award. Twenty-seven local bodies were shortlisted for the award. In the end, the MCC bagged the title for its practices in solid waste management, which include door-to-door collection of solid waste and campaigns to create awareness about waste disposal.

He said the responsibility of the corporation had increased after winning the award.

The door-to-door collection of solid waste, with the slogan “Swachha Mysooru, Suvarna Mysooru”, under the Nirmala Nagara project was first started in 24 wards here in August 2007.

Garbage collection has been privatised in 48 wards. Pourarkarmikas have been entrusted with the task in the remaining wards. The corporation has purchased 160 auto-tippers under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to make the process of garbage collection and disposal faster. At least two to three auto-tippers, which have separate compartments for biodegradable and non-degradable wastes, will be sanctioned for each of the 48 wards. Only a few auto-tippers are operating in some wards where garbage collection has been privatised. However, pushcarts will continue to be used to collect garbage in smaller localities.

According to sources in the corporation health department, contractors will be told to deploy one person for every 200 houses for garbage collection. The vehicles will soon be handed over to the contractors who bag the contract for door-to-door garbage collection in these wards after tenders are called.

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