Newskarnataka-Mangalore
Mangalore : The Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat would soon launch an extensive cleanliness and sanitation campaign in all gram panchayats across the district.
Informing this at a meeting held here on August 8, Thursday, ZP CEO Tulasi Maddineni said as part of the campaign informative booklets on the importance of cleanliness and measures to be taken to maintain cleanliness, would be distributed to students of schools and colleges. She said even the public would be educated on waste segregation and management. There are also plans to have plastic and glass recycling units in all gram panchayats, she further said and reiterated that all out efforts would be put in to make the district plastic-free.
Nirmal Bharath Abhiyan’s District Co-ordinator Manjula G said Kembrale, Ganjimutt and Yedapadavu would soon have solid waste management units. There are also plans to construct public toilets at Shaktinagar on Guruvayanakere-Venoor highway, Beluvai, Kalladka, Talapady, Nelyadi to benefit highway travelers, she informed.