tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271219034107113159.post4010601599888275043..comments2024-03-07T10:09:39.340+05:30Comments on Dr V S Acharya: Solid waste management project inaugural...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-271219034107113159.post-63943401523402147922010-06-10T12:17:06.752+05:302010-06-10T12:17:06.752+05:30Dear Sir,
Thanks a lot for this facility which th...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Thanks a lot for this facility which the cities of Udupi and Manipal need badly.According to me, we need to have many more such facilties by looking at the wastes that these cities produce everyday.<br />I travel daily from Hiriadka ( a small village near Manipal) to Manipal by bus for my bread and butter.As I see, the roadsides are filled with non biodegradable plastics, electrical wastes(bulbs, tube lights, CFLs etc) which are dumped by the people who are either not having the knowledge on the problems created by the non-biodegradable wastes OR they just want to keep their premises clean without bothering about the mother nature.When I asked the Hiriadka Mandala Panchayat about the solid waste mangaement including plastics, they said that everything including plastic is burnt.I got shocked but at the same time I understood that there is no knowledge on the problems caused by non-biodegradable things, no fundings and finally no will.Not only that, the small streams which finally join the (once) beautifull Suvarana River are filled with plastics(Once they were full of fishes, crabes..now only plastics, glass pieces etc..may be the new trend)..Whom to blame?? Don't know.. We talk about developoments, we talk about infrastructure, but we don't talk about these problems..which is really taking bad shape..It is more shocking that most of wastes are produced at the city sides where we have most the educated people (I really doubt..)..One can educate villagers about the problems caused by bio-degradable wastes but how about educating educated people??..One simple suggestion.. WHY DON'T WE BAN PLASTICS??..as some some of the states in the country have already done it.. Afterll you are the policy makers..<br /><br />Hope some time you read this comment...<br /><br />Thanks a lot,<br />Sudhi Prabhusuprabhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165847361856425093noreply@blogger.com