Lokayukta Upa-Lokayukta B Veerappa Inspects Water Purification and Waste Disposal Units in Belagavi

Belagavi, Oct 30: Upa-Lokayukta Justice B Veerappa on Friday visited and inspected the water purification plant and waste disposal unit in Belagavi city.

He directed the concerned officials to submit details of various crops and vegetables grown in the areas surrounding the waste disposal unit, along with reports on air pollution, milk quality, children's health examinations, dog-bite cases and water quality tests.

He also instructed officials to submit details of people affected by dog bites in the Gram Panchayat areas falling under the waste disposal unit's jurisdiction. He directed them to capture and relocate the stray dogs and submit a report on the measures taken.

Meanwhile, residents of villages surrounding the waste disposal unit submitted a request to the Upa-Lokayukta seeking relocation of the facility.

Registrar Aravind, Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Prasanna Desai, District Legal Services Authority Member Secretary K N Shivakumar, Zilla Panchayat Planning Director Ravi Bangarappanavar and officials from various departments were present on the occasion.