Solid waste management in Mangaluru goes haywire, says MLA

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MLA of Mangaluru metropolis  south, D. Veda Vyas Kamath speaking successful  a property   league  astatine  Atal Seva Kendra, successful  Mangaluru connected  November 20, 2025.

MLA of Mangaluru metropolis south, D. Veda Vyas Kamath speaking successful a property league astatine Atal Seva Kendra, successful Mangaluru connected November 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH

Solid discarded absorption successful the metropolis has gone haywire, Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyasa Kamath said present connected Thursday.

Addressing presspersons the MLA said that with Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) having nary elected assemblage (council) since past implicit 8 months, the MCC led by the head who is the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada has failed to forestall expanding achromatic spots successful the city.

“Garbage is seen spilled implicit connected roadworthy sides each implicit the city,” the MLA said.

Mr. Kamath said that erstwhile a cleanable metropolis without achromatic spots has mislaid its image, and dumping garbage connected the sides of highways, interior, and main roads has go bid of the day. The MCC officials person not taken it seriously.

The MLA said that complaints of radical to wide garbage from nationalist places person been falling connected deaf ears.

On the different hand, MCC has not filled potholes connected main and interior roads successful the metropolis astatine galore places. “The Pumpwell-Karvali Circle main roadworthy is inviting hazard to conveyance users, particularly two-wheeler riders, astatine immoderate clip owed to its atrocious condition,” the MLA said.

Mr. Kamath said that it appears the Congress led authorities is wholly ignoring Mangaluru successful improvement projects.

He said Urban Development Minister B. Suresha erstwhile visited Mangaluru earlier had announced of releasing ₹75 crores to MCC arsenic peculiar assistance for improvement works. It has remained lone a promise. The authorities has not released ₹25 crore to each MLA arsenic grant, helium said.

Mr. Kamath said that MCC taking 5 days to repair the breached main h2o proviso enactment astatine Adyar reflected the ratio of the administration. Even aft restoring the h2o proviso connected Thursday galore areas successful the metropolis did not get water. The MCC did not proviso h2o done tankers to radical who were deprived of it successful the past 5 days, helium said.

Published - November 20, 2025 07:01 p.m. IST

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