500 additional pourakarmikas deployed during Dasara to keep Mysuru clean

Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) used 500 additional sanitation workers during Dasara to keep the spaces of cultural programs clean and ready.

This was in addition to about 1,675 sanitation workers in MCC rolls that entered the door of the garbage collection through the door and keeping the city streets clean.

Considering the increase in the visitor uprising of the 11 -day festival, the 11 -day festival is mandatory, it is necessary to deploy 500 additional Pouracarmikas.

Additional personnel were deployed in groups and worked in different shifts. Authorities, the next day to ensure that they are ready for the activities of the 24×7 cleaning, he said.

Pourakarmikas was deployed on the college floor of Maharaja, where Aahara Mela was built in and around the places around the Mysore Palace, which sees a maximum feet drop. Moreover, approximately 60 additional vehicles were deployed for the transport of garbage produced during the festivals.

Mysuru produces approximately 500 to 550 tons of waste per day by MCC and 60 to 70 tons of waste was produced during the Dasara Festival.

Prior to the festival, MCC had held meetings with civilian groups, non -governmental organizations (NGOs) and citizens to provide a clean and green mysuru. He also tried to build a voluntary foundation for a citizen -led cleaning driver to exhibit Mysuru as a clean city.

The driver also, as well as starting information, training and communication activities during the festival period, as well as the deployment of additional manpower and machines and helping people to keep the city clean, etc.

To provide cleanliness during Dasara was a challenging task given the number of people visiting the city. This year, the participation was higher than expected and the number of venues has spread throughout the city.

While most of the wastes were produced in Aahara Mela, in addition to the challenge of Pourakarathics, there was no lack of stalls and kiosks that distributed food and snacks in other places.

Authorities, while demanding the task, regular and additional personnel coordinated efforts help to maintain general cleaning during the festival, he said.

City NGOs said that the maintenance and support of the city’s cleaning index is a collective responsibility and that this should be an ongoing and continuous process and should not be limited to the Dasara period.