80 ‘garbage-free’ spots campaign yields impressive results, says MCC

The city-wide campaign against garbage, which ran from July 28 to August 31, targeted 80 vulnerable spots in Mysuru. The initiative's primary goal was to not only clear the accumulated waste but also to enhance the city's standing in Swachh rankings. MCC Commissioner M.K. Savita spearheaded the campaign, backed by civic officials and staff.

Savita emphasized that the campaign aimed to instill awareness about cleanliness and the importance of maintaining sanitation efforts. She highlighted that the campaign encouraged residents to participate alongside civic workers, thus strengthening community involvement. A crucial part of the campaign involved the transformation of the identified garbage-vulnerable spots after they were cleaned.

Pictures of the renovated locations were shared on social media to generate interest and motivate more people to join the initiative. The campaign's success was celebrated at an event held at the MCC, where officials, environmental experts, health inspectors, supervisors, and ground workers who performed admirably during the campaign were honored.

The first prize went to the Gokulam crematorium GVP under Zone-4, while the second and third prizes were shared by teams from C.V. Road in Zone-7 and Sathagalli Ring Road in Zone-9. The MCC pledged to continue the initiative by transforming all garbage-vulnerable points in the city, aiming to make Mysuru a garbage-free city and the cleanest in the country.

The MCC urged citizens to refrain from littering in public places and to segregate waste at the source, handing it over to the civic body's waste collection vehicles.