Mysuru city was ranked third cleanest city in the overall national ranking with a five-star rating in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 the results of which was announced in New Delhi on Wednesday.

MYSURU: Officials of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have spent the better part of two years running from pillar to post to get clearance for construction of municipal solid waste processing unit

Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) is a measure of solar spectral extinction. Long term AOT data analysis gives a picture of air quality for that location. This type of analysis is useful in the study of impact of urbanization on local climate. Aerosols are one of the most important but poorly understood factors that influence global climate change (IPCC, 2001). This calls for a need to regularly monitor the global aerosol distributions and study how they are changing over time.

Environment scientist and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru professor T V Ramachandra has said that Bengaluru has turned into a ‘dead city’ and Mysuru should not go the Bengaluru way.

MYSURU: Hospitals in Mysuru have b een flooded with people who feel they're suffering from dengue fever.

Mysuru was among the 434 cities and towns surveyed this year.

Festivals are going green this year, with Ganesh Chaturthi and Dasara celebrants spreading Save Environment messages.

Rated among top three cities that have set an example in solid waste management

Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru are three of the cleanest cities in India, with municipal waste management systems that actually work – says a latest rating by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The three cities will be awarded CSE’s Clean City award here today by the Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Mr Naidu will also officially release CSE’s latest report on solid waste management in Indian cities, titled Not in my backyard. CSE director general Sunita Narain said: “This book started as a survey—we wanted to simply know which city is India’s cleanest.

Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru are three of the cleanest cities in India, with municipal waste management systems that actually work – says a latest rating by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The three cities will be awarded CSE’s Clean City award here today by the Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu. Mr Naidu will also officially release CSE’s latest report on solid waste management in Indian cities, titled Not in my backyard. CSE director general Sunita Narain said: “This book started as a survey—we wanted to simply know which city is India’s cleanest.

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