Bengaluru : Forest and Kannada and Culture Minister Aravind Limbavali has warned that disciplinary action will be taken against officers and contractors who are found guilty of mishandling waste management. Limbavali was addressing a meeting on Saturday with officers, contractors and self-help groups to discuss waste management in Mahadevapura, his native constituency. “We have received […]

Udupi : A training on laying roads with the plastic waste, segregated from solid waste, will be held in Udupi on December 10, Zilla Panchayat President Dinaker Babu said. “Vasudevan from Madurai, an expert, will conduct the training camp,’’ Babu told members at the monthly KDP (Karnataka Development Programme) meeting organised in ZP Hall on […]

Mangaluru: Residents of Doddamane on Bangrakulur blocked the way of garbage handling vehicles which belongs to Antony waste management company, on Sunday. Protestors demanded the repair of the road and not to dump the waster at nearby area. Protestors and the waste management company people involved in heated argument during the protest. The protestors were […]

Mangaluru: “Mangaluru City Corporation has called for separate management of dry and solid waste under the theme of ‘mix malpodchi akka mix madbedi anna’. The corporation is working towards ‘Smart swacch Mangaluru’, as a part of it corporation urges all the people to separate dry and wet waste. Dry waste will be collected by the […]

Mysuru : A day-long workshop, involving officials from municipal corporations in other states, is in the offing, according to sources. The workshop, tentatively planned for May 26, will be split between deliberations and field visits. The workshop is mainly aimed at introducing the best practices in MSW, by setting up zero waste management plants, door-to-door […]

Mangaluru : Inadequate collection of solid waste management cess is one among the several reasons for the delayed payment of service charges to Antony Waste Handling Cell Private Ltd., which is entrusted with the responsibility of solid waste management in the city, according to Mangaluru City Corporation. “We are not getting enough of (solid waste […]

Mangaluru : MCC Mayor Jacintha Vijay Alfred said that the City Corporation will take all possible measures to achieve 100 per cent target in solid waste management. Speaking at a felicitation programme at Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mangaluru on Thursday, she said that there has been 60 percent of progress in solid […]

Mangalore : Mangalore City Corporation conducted a special session about contracting solid waste disposal work to a private company at the MCC auditorium on May 6, Tuesday. During the session, many city corporators raised objection to the fact that they were unaware that work of solid waste disposal of the city is been given contract […]