Mysuru, Sept. 24 -- * MDA, MCC launch drive to clear garbage dump along Lalithadripura Road

* 100 tonnes to be cleared now; Remaining 350 tonnes soon

The Mysuru Development Authority (MDA) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have launched a joint operation to clear tonnes of accumulated garbage along Lalithadripura Road (Lalithadrinagar) at foot of Chamundi Hill, addressing a long-standing problem that has caused severe inconvenience to residents and has been causing severe environmental damage.

Star of Mysore had published a series of reports on the dumping of hundreds of tonnes of waste at the spot, with the garbage being set on fire regularly. The site, which falls in a green belt and eco-sensitive zone, had been reduced to a dumping ...