HSR needs urgent air transplant HSR needs urgent air transplant Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jan 18, 2021, 06:00 IST KCDC composting plant near HSR Layout conked off some months ago, spreading an unbearable stink in the area around it Residents of Kudlu, Harlur, Harlakunte, Somasunderpalya, Parangipalya, and a few localities in HSR Layout have a smelly neighbour – the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC). And they are never allowed to forget it, because the assault of the bad odours from the compositing unit hangs in the air, all the time. Not just the smell, but they think it is a health hazard as well.