Mysore/Mysuru, Nov. 28 -- Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is all set to process solid waste on its own at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram.

Vidyaranyapuram Compost Plant, a remodelled waste processing plant, that was until 2022 functioned as Excel Plant, will be operational from December.

The 200-tonne capacity Vidyaranyapuram Compost Plant, has been built under Swachh Bharat Mission, at an estimated cost of Rs. 10 crore. While Rs. 7.5 crore has been spent on civil works, Rs. 2.9 crore is spent on procurement and installation of machineries, said MCC Commissioner Shaikh Tanveer Asif.

MCC itself has set up the unit, while the workers have been outsourced through tender process. It was supposed to be functional two months back, but was delay...