Centre Sanctions ₹17 Crore for Bio-Mining of Karimnagar Dump Yard
Residents cutting across party lines celebrated the development at Kothirampur Chowk on Thursday under the leadership of local corporator Masam Ganesh.
KARIMNAGAR: The Union government has sanctioned ₹17 crore for the first phase of bio-mining to clear the accumulated waste at the Karimnagar dumping yard under the Swachh Bharat Mission.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs issued orders sanctioning the first-phase funds three days ago.
Residents cutting across party lines celebrated the development at Kothirampur Chowk on Thursday under the leadership of local corporator Masam Ganesh.
They thanked Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar and Karimnagar Mayor Kolagani Srinivas for the allocation.
Ganesh said Khattar had promised to find a permanent solution to the dumping yard problem during his visit to Karimnagar and had fulfilled his assurance by sanctioning the funds. He added that the allocation had been made possible by the sustained efforts of Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor Y. Sunil Rao expressed confidence that the entire dumping yard could be cleared within nine months to a year. He said the tendering process had been completed on September 26 and that the work order would be issued within the next 10 days.
