Mysuru City Corporation has launched a cleanliness drive along the city’s 42-km Outer Ring Road, targeting roadside waste, overgrown vegetation, open-urination locations and other sanitation-sensitive areas. The action is being carried out under the Union government-sponsored Swachhata Hi Seva campaign.
MCC commissioner MK Savitha began an inspection at 7am from the Hinkal flyover, reviewing sanitation conditions along different stretches of the Outer Ring Road. The inspection covered roadside garbage, weeds, bushes and other civic issues identified along the route.
The cleanliness campaign was later formally flagged off near the Kesare sewage treatment plant. Corporation officials, municipal staff and civic workers participated in the cleaning operations, which were intended to address locations where waste accumulation has emerged as a recurring concern.
The 42-km ring road is an important part of Mysuru’s urban road network, linking different parts of the city outside its central areas. Keeping such a long corridor clean requires attention to multiple locations rather than a single-site intervention. The MCC’s inspection focused on identifying problem stretches and sanitation gaps along the route.
As part of the drive, Savitha also inspected a garbage-vulnerable location in Vidyashankar Nagar. According to the MCC, the area has been subjected to waste-free and long-term transformation measures. The corporation said it is working to convert garbage-sensitive locations in a manner intended to prevent the return of persistent dumping.
The team also visited an area near the Lansdowne Building that had previously been used for open urination. The site has since been cleaned and beautified, and maintenance measures have been put in place to prevent unhygienic conditions from recurring, the MCC said.
The locations covered during the drive highlight two distinct sanitation challenges faced by city administrations: managing waste that is deposited in vulnerable public spaces and maintaining basic hygiene in places where facilities or regular upkeep may be inadequate. In both cases, the effectiveness of a one-day campaign depends on whether the sites continue to receive attention after the initial cleaning.
Savitha said maintaining cleanliness was not a one-day activity but a shared and continuous responsibility of citizens and the administration. The commissioner said the MCC is identifying garbage-dumping spots and locations prone to open urination, while taking steps to permanently transform them.
The corporation’s immediate programme includes continued identification of sanitation-sensitive sites and measures aimed at maintaining the improvements made during the campaign. The MCC has not indicated in the supplied report a separate completion timeline for the wider Outer Ring Road drive.
