Integrated solid waste management project planned to address Karimnagar dumping yard issue: Bandi Sanjay
Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar announced an integrated solid waste management project for Karimnagar to resolve long-standing dumping yard issues. He also detailed various infrastructure developments, including new roads, skywalks, and the procurement of electric vehicles.
Why it matters
The announcement underscores the role of central government funding in local urban infrastructure and environmental management projects.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said that plans were afoot to establish an ‘Integrated Solid Waste Management Project – Transfer Station and Processing Unit’ in Karimnagar to find a permanent solution to the dumping yard problem in the city.
The project would facilitate collection of waste generated in the city, segregation at the processing centre, recycling and scientific disposal of the residual waste, he said.
Mr. Sanjay laid the foundation stone for drainage pipeline and CC road works at an estimated cost of ₹70 lakh under the Urban Infrastructure Development Fund (UIDF) in Division 45 of Karimnagar Municipal Corporation (MCK) on Monday.
In a statement, he said solid waste management proposals worth ₹80 crore had been prepared to address the dumping yard issue in Karimnagar.
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