<p>Mysuru: The legacy waste or solid waste at Mysuru City Corporation's (MCC) 22.4 acre dump site at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram of Mysuru has caught fire. Efforts to douse the fire off are on. </p><p>The 'Biomining and Bioremediation' project, taken up at a cost of Rs 59.84 crore, to clear over 6,00,948 tonne of legacy waste or solid waste, dumped over 10 years, began in March last year. The tender holder was processing 1,440 tonne of waste per day. They had reportedly cleared 1.6 lakh tonne, so far. </p><p>MCC Superintendenting Engineer K J Sindhu, who supervised the operation to extinguish the fire, told <em>DH</em> that the fire has spread upto 15 acres of the site. The fire and its subsequent spread might be have been caused by the combined effect of the wind and the sun. Around 40 to 50 staff members of the contractor company and more than 50 MCC staff are trying to extinguish the fire. </p>.Residents fall ill after drinking sewage-mixed Cauvery water in Pulakeshinagar, BWSSB repairs line .<p>They are pumping water from the nearby Sewage Treatment Plant, with jetting machines and other equipment and the operation to douse the fire is expected to continue overnight. </p><p>The personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services department were busy dousing a minor fire at a revenue site near Chamundi Hill and fire tenders were being used there. </p><p>They tried to extinguish the fire at this site for two hours but left after that as they had duty at Kumbha Mela in T Narsipura, she said. </p><p>According to sources, there was a minor fire three days ago as well but it was, reportedly, not scientifically managed. Later, the fire surfaced again on Saturday night. Slowly, by Sunday evening, it had spread to the entire site. </p><p>The air pollution due to the fire may spread up to a radius of 2km and may affect the surrounding areas, including Vidyaranyapuram, JP Nagar, Kadkola and other places. </p><p>Key lessons from the incident include better staff training and adequate precautionary measures at the site to prevent future fires. Ahead of summer, the authorities should also have conducted mock drills, sources said.</p>
<p>Mysuru: The legacy waste or solid waste at Mysuru City Corporation's (MCC) 22.4 acre dump site at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram of Mysuru has caught fire. Efforts to douse the fire off are on. </p><p>The 'Biomining and Bioremediation' project, taken up at a cost of Rs 59.84 crore, to clear over 6,00,948 tonne of legacy waste or solid waste, dumped over 10 years, began in March last year. The tender holder was processing 1,440 tonne of waste per day. They had reportedly cleared 1.6 lakh tonne, so far. </p><p>MCC Superintendenting Engineer K J Sindhu, who supervised the operation to extinguish the fire, told <em>DH</em> that the fire has spread upto 15 acres of the site. The fire and its subsequent spread might be have been caused by the combined effect of the wind and the sun. Around 40 to 50 staff members of the contractor company and more than 50 MCC staff are trying to extinguish the fire. </p>.Residents fall ill after drinking sewage-mixed Cauvery water in Pulakeshinagar, BWSSB repairs line .<p>They are pumping water from the nearby Sewage Treatment Plant, with jetting machines and other equipment and the operation to douse the fire is expected to continue overnight. </p><p>The personnel of the Fire and Emergency Services department were busy dousing a minor fire at a revenue site near Chamundi Hill and fire tenders were being used there. </p><p>They tried to extinguish the fire at this site for two hours but left after that as they had duty at Kumbha Mela in T Narsipura, she said. </p><p>According to sources, there was a minor fire three days ago as well but it was, reportedly, not scientifically managed. Later, the fire surfaced again on Saturday night. Slowly, by Sunday evening, it had spread to the entire site. </p><p>The air pollution due to the fire may spread up to a radius of 2km and may affect the surrounding areas, including Vidyaranyapuram, JP Nagar, Kadkola and other places. </p><p>Key lessons from the incident include better staff training and adequate precautionary measures at the site to prevent future fires. Ahead of summer, the authorities should also have conducted mock drills, sources said.</p>