Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has launched a cleanliness drive along the city’s 42-km Outer Ring Road, focusing on roadside waste, overgrown vegetation, open urination spots and other sanitation-sensitive locations.
The campaign is being carried out under the Union government’s Swachhata Hi Seva initiative, with the civic body inspecting and cleaning stretches identified as vulnerable to recurring sanitation problems.
MCC commissioner inspects Outer Ring Road
MCC Commissioner MK Savitha began an inspection at 7 am from the Hinkal flyover, reviewing sanitation conditions along different stretches of the Outer Ring Road.
The inspection covered roadside garbage, weeds, bushes and other civic issues observed along the route.
The cleanliness campaign was later formally flagged off near the Kesare sewage treatment plant, where corporation officials, municipal staff and civic workers participated in the cleaning operations.
The exercise is aimed at addressing locations where waste accumulation and other sanitation concerns have emerged repeatedly.
Focus on garbage-vulnerable locations
The 42-km Outer Ring Road is an important part of Mysuru’s urban road network, connecting different parts of the city outside the central areas.
Given the length of the corridor, maintaining cleanliness requires attention to multiple vulnerable stretches rather than focusing on a single location.
During the inspection, Savitha and the MCC team also visited a garbage-vulnerable spot in Vidyashankar Nagar.
According to the corporation, the location has been subjected to measures aimed at making it waste-free and transforming it on a long-term basis.
The MCC said it is working to convert garbage-sensitive locations in a way that prevents persistent dumping from returning after the initial cleaning.
Open urination spot cleaned and beautified
The team also inspected an area near the Lansdowne Building that had previously been used for open urination.
The site has since been cleaned and beautified, with maintenance measures introduced to prevent unhygienic conditions from recurring, the corporation said.
The locations covered during the campaign reflect some of the common sanitation challenges faced by urban local bodies, including preventing waste from accumulating in vulnerable public spaces and maintaining hygiene at locations where regular upkeep may be inadequate.
Cleanliness requires continued effort
While cleanliness drives can address accumulated waste and improve the appearance of public spaces, maintaining those improvements requires continued monitoring and upkeep.
Savitha said cleanliness cannot be treated as a one-day activity and stressed that it is a shared and continuous responsibility of citizens and the administration.
The commissioner said the MCC is identifying locations vulnerable to garbage dumping and open urination and taking steps to permanently transform such spots.
The corporation’s programme includes continued identification of sanitation-sensitive locations and measures to maintain the improvements achieved through the campaign.
The MCC has not specified a separate completion timeline for the wider Outer Ring Road cleanliness drive in the information supplied.