NOW, THESE LADIES MIGHT COLLECT GARBAGE FROM YOUR HOUSE!

If the ambitious programmes of government are implemented properly, members of the Stree Shakthi Groups will knock at the doors of residents living in identified towns to collect garbage. The residents will be rid of the anxiety of going out, looking for garbage bins, elsewhere.

The planning officer Ms.Rekha Ganapathy told this correspondent that a new scheme is formed by the government to entrust the duty of collecting garbage from the houses to the Stree Shakthi Groups under Nirmala Nagara Yojane. Madikeri has about 333 Sree Shakthi members.

The government has identified 32 towns in 21 districts to bring under this new scheme. The Women groups are directed to collect rupees 20 from each house for this purpose. The houses refusing to pay would be punished by the local bodies by disconnecting water supply or levying fine.

These groups would also be given the responsibility of maintaining public toilets.

Stree Shakthi groups in the district are thriving. They are manufacturing Umbrellas, candles phenol etc. Rekha stated that the groups are being released loan to the tune of rupees 2.5 lakhs under various schemes.

Women manufacturing umbrella

FEDERATION EARNING PROFIT;

The Virajpet Federation has earned a profit of rupees 3.75 lakhs.

Addressing the scribes, the president Mr.Katti Poonacha said that the Federation with a membership of more than four thousand has a fixed deposit of rupees 94 lakhs and loans are being disbursed to members.

The federation has started banking since three years. The president said that they are constructing a godown with a capacity to store one thousand metric tons of manure.

The federation has a turnover of rupees 4.5 crores, annually.

GOWRI – GANESHA FETE;

The district wears a festive look with towns immersed in celebration of Gowri – Ganesha festival. Though the festival was over, the programmes still continue in few towns.

Somwarpet celebrated immersion ceremony yesterday, turning the night skies bright. Hundreds of villagers gathered to witness the procession.

While Madikeri and Murnad finished with the immersion, the grand show of immersion is awaited at Virajpet tonight. Police have made elaborate arrangements to tackle the situation where the celebration kicks off grandiosely at night.