JOIN USPourakarmikas to carry message of waste segregation
The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on Thursday launched a series of workshop for pourakarmikas in the city, to educate them about the significance of segregating waste at source.
Addressing the gathering comprising pourakarmikas from wards coming under Zone 6, including permanent and contractual workers, MCC Commissioner C G Betsurmath categorically directed the pourakarmikas to educate the households about segregating waste as dry and wet, and store the same in different containers, before handing over the same to garbage collectors at their doorsteps.
Betsurmath said, that the pourakarmikas have to play a key role in the successful management of solid waste. If the waste is segregated at the source, the existing burden on the waste management plant at the Sewage Farm could be reduced, Betsurmath added.
Giving an account of waste generated in the city, Betsurmath said that on an average 402 tonnes of waste is generated in the city per day against the actual capacity of 200 tonnes at the plant. Among the waste generated, 60 per cent (240 tonnes) is classified as dry waste and the remaining being wet waste. Though, the waste collected is being diverted into the zero waste management units at nine zones, non-segregation of waste is the major hurdle at the domestic level.
Taking cognisance of the complaints on burning of dry leaves shedding from the trees, Betsurmath advised the pourkarmikas against setting the leaves on fire. Such unscientific method of burning the waste may lead to health hazards.
Betsurmath urged the pourakarmikas to explore the possibilities of starting the day’s work at the crack of dawn on the lines of Pune civic body.
In an attempt to encourage them, Betsurmath said that eventually the initiatives were aimed at making Mysuru the number one city in cleanliness, as Mysuru stands second after Chandigarh as awarded earlier.
Bulk waste
Apart from laying emphasis on segregating waste at the source, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has plans to reduce the collection of bulk waste from bulk source, by encouraging setting up of waste management plants at those places where huge waste is generated.
Betsurmath said that apartments, hotels and commercial establishments generate bulk waste, contributing more in terms of garbage against the domestic sector. In this wake, the civic body is planning to encourage the apartment dwellers and commercial establishments to set up the waste management plants on their own with the available technology. The waste converted into compost can be used for gardening and other purposes.
In the present set up, the bulk waste is collected in containers, that will be phased out in the near future.