Mysuru, Feb. 11 -- Residents raise questions of negligence by contractor, MCC officials and environmental impact of burning

The fire at the decades-old solid waste dump site in the Sewage Farm of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in Vidyaranyapuram has been doused. This morning, workers were seen spraying water on embers and burning residues across multiple mounds of the dump yard.

The fire broke out on Sunday, blanketing a 4-km radius in thick smoke, causing severe inconvenience to residents.

MCC Superintending Engineer K.J. Sindhu supervised the fire-extinguishing operation, where over 100 personnel, including 50 contractor staff and 50 MCC workers, were deployed to contain the blaze.

They pumped water from the nearby Sewage Treatment P...