Mangaluru: The Trash uproar in the matter Mangaluru On Saturday, a meeting of the Municipal Corporation (MCC) council was held under the chairmanship of Mayor Premanand Shetty.
Congress councilors in opposition brought to the notice of the council that many public places in the city have been turned into garbage black spots. Leader of Opposition AC Vinayaraj said, “People are throwing garbage on the roadside due to the failure of the door-to-door garbage collection contractors.”
Corporators Pravinchandra Alva and Naveen D’Souza accused the sanitation inspectors of not monitoring the garbage collection in the city. He also noted that many compactors and other garbage transport vehicles of contractor Antony Waste Handling Cell are not in good condition.
The Congress members also entered the Well of the House due to vigorous debate and protested for a few minutes. However, the mayor from among the BJP members managed to convince the opposition and said that the issue of black spots is not new to the municipal corporation.
He said, “Even when Congress was in power, we are seeing people throwing garbage in public places. We have brought many reforms in waste management in the last seven months. Our team is identifying all the black spots and cleaning them up. Besides, CCTV cameras have also been installed. It was installed at many places to punish roadside garbage throwers. The issue started after segregation of waste at source was made mandatory,” the mayor said. said.
Congress councilors in opposition brought to the notice of the council that many public places in the city have been turned into garbage black spots. Leader of Opposition AC Vinayaraj said, “People are throwing garbage on the roadside due to the failure of the door-to-door garbage collection contractors.”
Corporators Pravinchandra Alva and Naveen D’Souza accused the sanitation inspectors of not monitoring the garbage collection in the city. He also noted that many compactors and other garbage transport vehicles of contractor Antony Waste Handling Cell are not in good condition.
The Congress members also entered the Well of the House due to vigorous debate and protested for a few minutes. However, the mayor from among the BJP members managed to convince the opposition and said that the issue of black spots is not new to the municipal corporation.
He said, “Even when Congress was in power, we are seeing people throwing garbage in public places. We have brought many reforms in waste management in the last seven months. Our team is identifying all the black spots and cleaning them up. Besides, CCTV cameras have also been installed. It was installed at many places to punish roadside garbage throwers. The issue started after segregation of waste at source was made mandatory,” the mayor said. said.
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