Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Oct 21: City mayor Diwakar Pandeshwar announced that a separate cell comprising corporators from the ruling party as well as the opposition, along with officials, would be formed to effectively implement the segregation of wet and dry waste.

He was addressing a meeting of city corporators and officials held at the Mangala Auditorium of the city corporation on Tuesday October 20. He expressed the view that coordination between the corporators and officials is needed for the efficient implementation of the solid waste management regulations. He hoped to address this issue by the creation of a separate cell which will look into solid waste management and segregation of waste.

Speaking on the occasion, city corporation commissioner Akshy Shridhar, expressed the view that solid waste management can be handled in an effective manner if the citizens join hands with the corporation by segregating waste. Environmental engineer of the corporation Madhu Manohar, said that the state high court, during the hearing of petition filed by Karnataka Legal Service Authority, had taken serious view of the solid waste management practices of this corporation and ordered to effectively implement the act. He said that waste producers and corporation have their own responsibilities to abide by the law.

He said that the corporation has set for itself an ambitious target of 100 percent for waste collection and that dumping yard should receive only the segregated waste. He said that bulk waste producers should install waste management units themselves. Every resident has to segregate their waste, and only wet waste will be collected from houses on all days except Fridays. On Fridays, only dry waste will be collected, he stated.

Praveenchandra Alva, speaking on behalf of the opposition corporators, asked QR code system to be implemented in all the wards and suggested that Swachhata inspectors have to conduct door to door visits to create awareness about the sorting of waste.