After cracking the whip against dumping of garbage on the road by shopkeepers on D. Devaraj Urs Road in the city, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has extended the campaign to traders.
MCC officials had issued notices to the shopkeepers to place a dustbin and hand it over to pourakarmikas, and had also penalised seven traders for littering.
MCC’s environmental engineers went around Kalidasa Road in V.V. Mohalla on Friday and Panchamantra Road in Kuvempunagar on Thursday serving notices to shopkeepers against dumping waste generated in their establishments on the road. The shopkeepers had also been warned that they would be penalised if the road in front of their shops are littered.
“Waste generated at homes is collected by pourakarmikas, who visit the houses early in the morning. But, the waste generated in shops, which open only after 10 a.m., is invariably dumped on the road by the traders, leading to litter on the roads of commercial areas,” lamented MCC health officer Nagaraj.
Hence, the MCC started a campaign against the practice starting with core areas of D. Devaraj Urs Road and Shivarampet. “Now, our environmental engineers, health inspectors and other MCC personnel are going around commercial areas in all the nine zones of the city, serving notices to the traders,” he said.
Traders will be given seven days’ time to keep a dustbin to collect waste. The pourakarmikas have been asked collect waste from the shops only after they open by 10 a.m., Dr Nagaraj added. Unlike residential areas, the waste in commercial areas is largely dry and can be easily collected, he said.
It may be mentioned here that MCC had penalised seven shopkeepers on D. Devaraj Urs Road fines ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 500 for throwing waste on the road.
