Pune In a move that would provide some respite to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the state Forest Department has agreed to give out forest land for dumping organic waste and using it for vermicomposting. The PMC, which is grappling with garbage dumping problem at Uruli Devachi and Phursungi, has seven months to resolve the issue by finding an alternative site. State Forest Department officials, including Forest Minister Babanrao Pachpute, held a meeting with the District Guardian Minister Ajit Pawar, Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade, Pimpri-Chinchwad Commissioner Ashish Sharma on Monday. In the meeting, the forest officials showed readiness to give a small of portion of forest land for vermicomposting.