India, March 16 -- Amid the ongoing student agitation against garbage dumping in the Mula-Mutha riverbed near the MIT Art, Design and Technology University campus, the Kadamvakvasti gram panchayat on Saturday passed a resolution to address the issue of waste management and proposed setting up of a solid waste treatment project.

The student agitation against the dumping of garbage in the Mula-Mutha riverbed intensified on Friday after nearly 6,000 students of the MIT Art, Design and Technology University renewed their 'garbage bandh' protest when the deadline given to the local gram panchayat expired without concrete action.

Students gathered outside the main gate of the university and blocked tractors carrying garbage, preventing them f...