We need additional plants to treat solid waste, and are trying our best to educate people about segregation of waste at source. With regard to open defecation, the city is nearly free from that. October 2 is when the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated.The consultants' team comprised S R Ramanujam, director, Samatva Infrastructure Advisers (Mumbai), Sanjay Gupta, senior consultant (New Delhi), and Karuna Gopal, president, Foundation for Futuristic Cities (Hyderabad). We are assisting people to construct restrooms," he added.Superintending engineer Suresh Babu, health officer Ramachandra, environmental engineers form all nine MCC zones and other officers were present.The team also visited the zero waste management plant at Kumbar Koppalu and the compost plant at Vidyaranyapuram. "We are improving on this.

Source: Times of India June 11, 2016 06:27 UTC