The dump yard spanning 17 acres located on Karwar Road on the outskirts of Hubballi
HUBBALLI: Environmental engineers of the solid waste management (SWM) wing of Huballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) are confident of clearing mountains of garbage created at the dumping yards of the twin cities.
Over the last decade, a series of discussions and meetings have been conducted to dissolve mounds of garbage at these yards. This time, the engineers have decided to take to bio mining, which is a technique to extract/ segregate minerals and useful materials from mounds of waste.
Mallikarjun B E, environmental engineer (SWM wing) said that the waste generated in the city is being dumped at yards located on Karwar Road in Hubballi (17 acres) and at Hosayallpur in Dharwad (16 acres). As the garbage is being discarded at these yards for the last 50 years, mountains of garbage have been formed there, he said.