Overview

• Justice K. N. Phaneendra has forwarded to the state government a proposal to replicate Mysuru’s Rayanakere solid waste and sewage treatment systems in other districts.
• Officials have been ordered to enforce 500-metre buffer zones around the Rayanakere and Kesare treatment facilities and to cancel unauthorized housing developments.
• Public health impact assessments within a 5–10 kilometre radius of the plants are under way to monitor environmental and community health risks.
• Local authorities have been instructed to clear vegetation, control odour emissions and adopt scientific waste management methods at the treatment sites.
• Regular health camps and provision of protective gear, including gloves, boots and masks, have been mandated for plant workers to improve safety.