A slew of machinery and equipment was inducted by the newly constituted Hootagalli Municipal Council to shore up solid waste management system on Wednesday.
Though Hootagalli was upgraded as a CMC almost 2 years ago and is considered to be part of the Mysuru urban conurbation, it is outside the administrative limits of the Mysuru City Corporation. Hence solid waste management was non-existent and the outskirts of Mysuru had begun to emerge as an eyesore with the city presenting a picture of island of planned development surrounded by chaotic growth.
But the State Government upgraded Hootagalli from a GP to CMC in a bid to ensure planned development besides ensuring better amenities to the local communities. Emphasis was on shoring up SWM and hence the authorities inducted 10 auto-tippers for door-to-door collection of waste, 2 vehicles for transportation of segregated wastes, a skimming-cum-jetting machine to clean the toilet pits and clean the UGD network and manholes, a de-silting machine to clear the clogging of UGD and the chambers, a machinery to clean the open and vacant sites, roadside drains etc.
