Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched a night drive to nab people and fast food joint operators involved in dumping garbage and other solid waste in public places. The city is generating 550 tonnes of solid waste from its 65 wards of which 30 tonnes are plastic waste. The city civic body started this operation on June 29 following complaints that commercial establishments like hotels, fast food joints and street food vendors leave behind chunks of garbage in big plastic covers during night hours.
The lack of surveillance cameras and proper law enforcement seems to have aided violators in using the corners of commercial streets and drains for dumping waste. Garbage heaps with domestic waste from nearby households, food waste dumped by street vendors, banana leaves used to serve food at these stalls and plastic bottles are visible at various spots along commercial, street food vendors’ stretches, vacant sites and roadsides. As this posed a big challenge, the MCC has launched the operation to crack down on the individuals and street vendors involved in dumping waste illegally at night.
The MCC has deployed 130 civic workers along with health and environment department staff for night raids. The staff will not only collect penalty after identifying the offenders but will also make both vendors and the public aware of cleanliness. Though the MCC was collecting the households’ waste door to door and in commercial areas by deploying 330 auto tippers fitted with .
