‘Garbage backlog will be cleared by this evening’
12 years, 5 months ago

‘Garbage backlog will be cleared by this evening’

The Hindu  

Days after several thousand tonnes of garbage lay uncollected across the city, cleaning efforts by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike began to gain momentum. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has asked the BBMP Commissioner and the Principal Secretary of Urban Development Department to submit proposals of the new projects before the next Cabinet meeting on November 6. About reopening of Mavallipura landfill, the Commissioner has been advised to evolve alternative solutions to process existing waste there, besides sending only 30 lorries every day to begin with. Regarding the allotment of land ranging between 50 and 250 acres around the city for processing and disposal of waste, Mr. Shettar asked his Principal Secretary to organise meeting with the Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department and deputy commissioners of Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Urban, Kolar, Chickballapur and Ramanagaram.

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Sanitation woes take centre stage as Gururgam preps for civic polls
1 month, 1 week ago

Sanitation woes take centre stage as Gururgam preps for civic polls

Hindustan Times  

As Gurugram gears up for the municipal elections, slated for March 2, sanitation and illegal waste dumping have emerged as key voter concerns, with residents across the district expressing frustration over deteriorating hygiene and the failure of civic authorities to address the issue. Despite repeated complaints and grievances, irregular waste collection and unchecked garbage dumping persist in several areas, leading …

Garbage Dumping Yards To Be Eliminated by Oct. 2026: Pattabhiram
1 month, 1 week ago

Garbage Dumping Yards To Be Eliminated by Oct. 2026: Pattabhiram

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Swachh Andhra Corporation chairman K. Pattabhiram declared that as per the mission spearheaded by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, AP will have a fully clean and green environment by October 2026, when the need for dumping yards will end. “The Swachh Andhra strategy involves collaboration of all 90 government departments, with designated nodal officers appointed at both the state …

BBMP serves over 600 notices to owners of vacant sites that have turned into dumping grounds in Bengaluru
2 months ago

BBMP serves over 600 notices to owners of vacant sites that have turned into dumping grounds in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has commenced issuing notices to owners of vacant site for neglecting the land and turning it into dumping yards. According to Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited, the Revenue Department has issued over 600 notices in the last three months. Section 18 of the BBMP Solid Waste Management Bye-Law 2020 mandates the owners of vacant sites …

Chennai Corporation launches cleaning drive, removes over 600 tonnes of waste from pavements in four days
2 months ago

Chennai Corporation launches cleaning drive, removes over 600 tonnes of waste from pavements in four days

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation has launched intensive cleaning operations across the city, focusing on pedestrian pathways along bus routes. A total of 463 workers and 137 vehicles were deployed to remove 142.24 tonnes of garbage and 489.51 tonnes of debris in four days. Social activist Ravi Kumar highlighted instances of plastic cable burning in Thiru-Vi-Ka Zone, causing severe air pollution. …

BBMP clears encroachments on storm-water drain in R.R. Nagar Zone
2 months, 1 week ago

BBMP clears encroachments on storm-water drain in R.R. Nagar Zone

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike carried out a large-scale operation to clear encroachments on a major storm-water drain in the HMT ward in the R.R. Over 40 unauthorised sheds and structures built on the drain were demolished as part of the operation. The encroachments extended for about 100 metres of the SWD along Tumakuru Main Road near the SRS signal, …

Chennai Corporation plans to make one ward bin-free
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation plans to make one ward bin-free

The Hindu  

Following complaints from the public about damaged and overflowing dustbins across the city, the Greater Chennai Corporation is drawing up a plan to make one ward bin-less. With the civic body having floated tenders to obtain over 1,000 new bins and repair broken ones across the city recently, the vision to make the entire city bin-less — through 100% segregation …

BBMP clears 15MT of waste from streets after New Year events
2 months, 4 weeks ago

BBMP clears 15MT of waste from streets after New Year events

Hindustan Times  

The streets of the city’s Central Business District were cleared of 15 metric tonnes of waste in just four hours following New Year celebrations, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike said on Thursday. BBMP clears 15MT of waste from streets after New Year events BBMP shared an update on X, highlighting the action that ensured the streets were free of waste by …

No end to Chandigarh’s trash trouble as third mountain rises at Dadumajra dump
3 months, 2 weeks ago

No end to Chandigarh’s trash trouble as third mountain rises at Dadumajra dump

Hindustan Times  

The city’s garbage crisis shows no sign of abating, as a third mountain of waste, holding a massive 1.25 lakh metric tonnes of waste, has emerged at the Dadumajra landfill. Already struggling to clear the existing legacy waste at the Dadumajra landfill, Chandigarh MC will take at least 43 more months to clear the fresh heap of 1.25 lakh MT. …

People slam GHMC for garbage dumping on roads
4 months ago

People slam GHMC for garbage dumping on roads

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is facing criticism for its failing to address the issue of garbage dumping on roads. Despite distributing wet and dry waste bins for door-to-door collection, many areas continue to be cluttered with garbage, which causes inconvenience to commuters by blocking roads. Some people also allege that SAT vehicles dump collected waste back onto roads, …

Tiruchi's Deepavali Garbage Clearance: 211 Tonnes of Waste Removed
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Tiruchi's Deepavali Garbage Clearance: 211 Tonnes of Waste Removed

The Hindu  

Around 211 tonnes of garbage generated during Deepavali in Tiruchi, including 202.4 tonnes of plastics and papers, was cleared from residential and commercial areas in all 65 wards of the city. The waste was collected through a special drive conducted by the Tiruchi Corporation and its sanitation workers. The drive was carried out from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. and …

Dasara festival leaves Palike grappling with mounds of garbage
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Dasara festival leaves Palike grappling with mounds of garbage

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: In the backdrop of the three-day Dasara festival, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike collected 6,306 metric tonnes of waste from across eight zones on October 12 against the normal daily collection of approximately 4,900 MT. Officials attached to the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd said during the Dasara festival, plantain leaves and stems, pumpkins and flowers were sold in …

The journey of Bengaluru’s waste
7 months, 2 weeks ago

The journey of Bengaluru’s waste

The Hindu  

In the bustling tech hub of Bengaluru, residents strive to maintain pristine homes, quite unaware that their tidy spaces come at a hidden cost. Even before that, workers who collect it from homes and black spots gather at a designated place in every ward around 6.30 a.m., along with auto tippers, to mark their attendance. All mixed up In ward …

Will city recover from open dumping? | Solid Waste Management pitfalls: Garbage woes persist despite Chennai Corporation’s cleaning drives
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Will city recover from open dumping? | Solid Waste Management pitfalls: Garbage woes persist despite Chennai Corporation’s cleaning drives

The Hindu  

Despite efforts by the Greater Chennai Corporation to address garbage collection issues through mass cleaning drives, residents in several parts of the city continue to face challenges. Sandhya Vedullapalli, resident of M Block in Anna Nagar and Vice President of Federation of Anna Nagar Residents Associations, said, “Generally, the ward’s supervisor or the Conservancy Inspector respond to our complaints. Complaints …

BBMP to impose penalties for dumping waste on vacant sites
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BBMP to impose penalties for dumping waste on vacant sites

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has issued a new order under the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Solid Waste Management Bye-laws 2020, and BBMP Act 2020 in connection with the imposition of penalties and collection of costs for waste disposal from vacant lands/plots in the city. According to the new rules, zonal offices will identify all vacant plots/lands/places where solid …

Residents raise a stink over indiscriminate dumping of garbage on the banks of Cauvery at Kambarasampettai
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Residents raise a stink over indiscriminate dumping of garbage on the banks of Cauvery at Kambarasampettai

The Hindu  

The continued dumping and burning of garbage on Muslim Street in Kambarasampettai has irked the residents. If we ask them not to dump garbage on the road side, they throw it near the banks of the Cauvery and burn it,” said M. Farjana, a resident. Residents say whenever they raise the issue of burning trash on the national highway, garbage …

Bengaluru: Solid Waste Management department has fined 13 lakh people for violations since 2019
10 months ago

Bengaluru: Solid Waste Management department has fined 13 lakh people for violations since 2019

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The BBMP’s Solid Waste Management department has penalised 12.96 lakh people since 2019, collecting a whopping Rs 41.70 crore in penalties from them, for violations ranging from usage of banned single-use plastic, spitting, urinating in public places, to open defecation. According to R Prathiba, Joint Commissioner, Solid Waste Management Department, BBMP, the Palike engaged marshals, health officials and engineers …

Dumping of unsegregated waste continues at Coimbatore’s Vellalore landfill
1 year, 1 month ago

Dumping of unsegregated waste continues at Coimbatore’s Vellalore landfill

The Hindu  

The Coimbatore Integrated Waste Management Company, responsible for handling segregated waste at the city’s Vellalore landfill, has reported 0% segregated waste intake for the third consecutive month in January. Despite orders from the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal in August 2017, October 2022 and November 2023 mandating 100% waste segregation by the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation before dumping …

Greater Chennai Corporation takes up mass cleaning drive, removes 45 tonnes of garden waste across 15 zones in city
1 year, 2 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation takes up mass cleaning drive, removes 45 tonnes of garden waste across 15 zones in city

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation, in a mass cleaning drive, cleared 46.71 tonnes of garden waste from its parks in 102 locations spanning across 15 zones, on Saturday, January 20. According to a release, 976 workers of the Solid Waste Management Department in the civic body removed weeds and cleared tree branches in the parks, vacant lands, Miyawaki parks, graveyards and …

Open dumping in waterbodies, canals would attract fine: Corporation Commissioner
1 year, 3 months ago

Open dumping in waterbodies, canals would attract fine: Corporation Commissioner

The Hindu  

Open dumping of mixed waste into waterbodies, and micro and major canals would be monitored and violators would be fined by Greater Chennai Corporation. The civic body plans to also clear waste from vacant lands of private parties soon. Pointing out that discarded household waste, thermocol, and footwear washed down through the channels in the north region, Srinivsapuram and near …

Delhi government on track to clear garbage mountains: Kejriwal
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi government on track to clear garbage mountains: Kejriwal

The Hindu  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that his government is on track to free the city of “garbage mountains” at its three landfill sites, a statement contested by the Bharatiya Janata Party, which claimed tardy pace of work at the Ghazipur landfill. Today, I visited the Bhalswa landfill site and I am happy to report that the work …

Greater Chennai Corporation asks other departments to clear garbage and debris from their vacant lands
1 year, 6 months ago

Greater Chennai Corporation asks other departments to clear garbage and debris from their vacant lands

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation intends to write other departments, including the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewage Board, and Chennai Metro Rail, to address the issue of open dumping in their respective vacant lands. The move came after Corporation Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan recently inspected a vacant site at a housing board in Pattinapakkam in …

Clear waste dumpsite from Mithi’s bank within two weeks: NGT to BMC
1 year, 8 months ago

Clear waste dumpsite from Mithi’s bank within two weeks: NGT to BMC

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to clear within two weeks a construction waste dumpsite which has emerged on the bank of the Mithi River, in Aarey colony. HT Image The dumpsite, near Tapeshwar Mandir, adjacent to the Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, comprises around four lakh metric tonnes of waste towering at a height of 25 …

Waste not collected for past two days, Gurugram turns a dump yard
1 year, 11 months ago

Waste not collected for past two days, Gurugram turns a dump yard

Hindustan Times  

A dispute between the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram and its waste collection concessionaire Ecogreen Energy over non-payment of dues amounting to nearly ₹34 crore has led to the stoppage of waste collection and disposal at 35 secondary points across the city on Tuesday and Wednesday, said officials. “We have paid ₹2.20 crore on Wednesday to concessionaire Ecogreen Energy after they …

Bengaluru’s trash is no man’s treasure
2 years, 4 months ago

Bengaluru’s trash is no man’s treasure

The Hindu  

“Seven years ago, 20 trucks full of garbage started to come to our village. We only got to know after four years when our borewell water turned dark, and I had to undergo a surgery after an infection in my throat,” said Jayram Xavier, a 65-year-old resident of Bingipura village, who is staying near the abandoned landfill site in southern …

307 garbage trucks booked for traffic violations in one day
2 years, 11 months ago

307 garbage trucks booked for traffic violations in one day

The Hindu  

A day after the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike made it compulsory for garbage trucks in its fleet to have fitness certificates, the traffic police on Wednesday seized nine vehicles for failing to provide the same. Another 307 garbage trucks were booked for traffic violations on the day. “There is a huge outcry among members of the general public not just …

Secunderabad roads turn garbage dump yards
3 years, 3 months ago

Secunderabad roads turn garbage dump yards

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Disposal of garbage in open areas continues to be commonplace in several areas of the Secunderabad cantonment. While garbage is cleared from trash bins on alternate days, irresponsible disposal of waste in open areas and areas around the bins are making life difficult for the residents. There is no door-to-door waste collection in densely populated areas like Karkhana Bazar, …

BBMP mapping black spots across Bengaluru
3 years, 7 months ago

BBMP mapping black spots across Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Though the city has door-to-door collection of garbage, there are still thousands of black spots where mixed waste continues to be dumped indiscriminately. Clearing these black spots is proving to be a big challenge for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, which has now taken up an exercise to map them all. The BBMP had successfully eliminated nearly 1,000 of the …

Bulk garbage generators: Clear wet garbage at source or get ready to pay heavy fines
4 years, 2 months ago

Bulk garbage generators: Clear wet garbage at source or get ready to pay heavy fines

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has issued an ultimatum to establishments generating 100kg of garbage per day, to recycle the wet waste or pay a heavy fine as the corporation will not clear the wet waste. As per the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, “Bulk Waste Generator means and includes buildings occupied by the Central Government Departments or Undertakings, State Government …

Sainikpuri declares war on garbage
5 years, 4 months ago

Sainikpuri declares war on garbage

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: On Saturday morning, residents of Sainikpuri were armed to the teeth with shovels, spades and baskets, to name just a few implements. In the first-ever shramdaan in Sainikpuri, residents cleared out heaps of garbage lying in open plots and, to their surprise, learnt that most of the waste originated from construction sites. "Sainikpuri is riddled with a lot of …

Consider Dissolving BBMP For Failure To Follow Solid Waste Management Rules:Karnataka HC Tells Govt
5 years, 4 months ago

Consider Dissolving BBMP For Failure To Follow Solid Waste Management Rules:Karnataka HC Tells Govt

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to consider whether action of dissolving the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike deserves to be taken under Section 99 of Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, for making persistent defaults in the performance of its duties imposed by Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2000 and Solid Waste Management Rule, 2016 and the other Rules framed …

Hyderabad: Trash collection data misleading
5 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad: Trash collection data misleading

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The haphazard paper work by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation once again came as a shocker when officials declared that the amount of garbage carried from the city is 7,000 metric tonnes. Surprisingly, the civic body has no counter check and they have been entirely depending on the private agency which has been weighing the garbage at Jawahar Nagar …

Bengaluru: Garbage segregation lesson for visitors at Aero India
6 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru: Garbage segregation lesson for visitors at Aero India

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Garbage segregation lessons were also part of the Aero India show which concluded on Sunday with volunteers from the BBMP sitting near dustbins — both wet and dry — and asking people to segregate their waste and dump it into the respective bins. While separate bins were kept at all places in the aero show, it was only followed …

Bengaluru: All-party panel to trash out' guidelines
6 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru: All-party panel to trash out' guidelines

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Tenders to collect wet and dry waste have been put on hold. Mayor Gangambike told Deccan Chronicle that an all-party meeting of corporators will be called and a committee set up to decide the new guidelines for the tenders. Dry waste collection under the present tender will be handed over to rag-pickers, but the mayor doubts whether they will …

Hyderabad: Open sorting of trash causes health hazard
6 years, 4 months ago

Hyderabad: Open sorting of trash causes health hazard

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With sorting and segregation of new municipal waste still being done in the open, the residents in 35 villages around Jawaharnagar state that they are exposed to a major health hazard. The government had assured the residents that once the capping is complete, sorting of new waste will be done in a closed enclosure and other dumping grounds will …

Public garbage bins on way out in Mumbai, 1,300 will be gone soon
6 years, 7 months ago

Public garbage bins on way out in Mumbai, 1,300 will be gone soon

Hindustan Times  

If the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation manages to implement what it is planning, you may be able to walk on several streets without having to contend with the stench emanating from the big public garbage bins. The BMC is planning to get rid of the big metal public garbage bins and encourage door-to-door collection of garbage. Chandrashekhar Prabhu, a town planning …

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]
6 years, 8 months ago

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law  

Days after serious charges leveled by a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur that he claimed to be a “superman” but did nothing to address the worsening garbage disposal problem in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has told the Supreme Court that it was difficult to find a solution overnight as the overflowing landfill sites was a “legacy problem …

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]
6 years, 8 months ago

“Garbage Mounds A Legacy Of 6 Decades. Clean Up Herculean Task. Steps Being Taken”, Delhi LG Tells SC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law  

Days after serious charges leveled by a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur that he claimed to be a “superman” but did nothing to address the worsening garbage disposal problem in Delhi, Lt Governor Anil Baijal has told the Supreme Court that it was difficult to find a solution overnight as the overflowing landfill sites was a “legacy problem …

BBMP to cancel licences of shops, establishments using banned plastic
6 years, 8 months ago

BBMP to cancel licences of shops, establishments using banned plastic

The Hindu  

Shops and establishments that continue to use forms of plastic that have already been banned run the risk of their trade licences being cancelled. Mayor R. Sampath Raj said that though plastic in all forms, such as disposable plates, spoons, cups and covers, have been banned, many shops and establishments in the city continue to use them. Ruling party leader …

Lucknow becoming a stinking city as trash mounts on streets
6 years, 8 months ago

Lucknow becoming a stinking city as trash mounts on streets

Hindustan Times  

The journey of waste generated at your residence does not necessarily end at the landfill site. “The system of waste collection and disposal has collapsed and Lucknow may be hit by diseases in the rainy season as a good percentage of filth is being dumped in the city itself.” Depending on the mood of Lucknow Municipal Corporation staff, the waste …

Segregation hurdles leave Bengaluru down in dumps
7 years, 2 months ago

Segregation hurdles leave Bengaluru down in dumps

Deccan Chronicle  

Noxious smoke from piles of burning garbage is a common sight in Bengaluru, which still struggles to dipose of its waste. 450 crore on seven integrated scientific waste processing plants to process the garbage and convert it into compost, only 800 metric tonnes of it is being processed, much below the plants’ capacity to handle 2,500 metric tonnes, regrets Ms …

Compost waste and BBMP will buy it from you
8 years, 1 month ago

Compost waste and BBMP will buy it from you

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: In an attempt to encourage and incentivize segregation of waste at source and composting at individual level, the BBMP has assured to buy the compost from the citizens. During the drive BBMP came across certain apartments and households that had been successful in composting the waste and in order to reward them it has offered to buy the compost …

Ramakanth: Thrash the trash like this 78-yr-old
8 years, 2 months ago

Ramakanth: Thrash the trash like this 78-yr-old

Deccan Chronicle  

Waste is treasured the world over, with segregated garbage being used in recycled products, compost that makes natural manure, to produce biogas and even generate electricity. At 78, Mr N.S Ramakanth is hard at work to persuade people to segregate their garbage in their homes and offices and hopes to return to Bengaluru its title of 'Garden City' that has …

Bengaluru: Tamil school becomes a garbage yard!
8 years, 3 months ago

Bengaluru: Tamil school becomes a garbage yard!

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: BBMP Tamil-Kannada Higher Primary Nursery School on Thimmaiah Road, has become a mini garbage dumping-yard. The entrance of the school is used for flinging garbage, as a storage place for old scrap items, to dump sand to be used for construction and a lot of other things. “Heaps of garbage with stray cattle feeding on it, waste and debris …

Who's going to clean up your mess, BBMP?
8 years, 4 months ago

Who's going to clean up your mess, BBMP?

Deccan Chronicle  

Why won’t Bengaluru’s garbage problems go away? The BBMP, which is constantly lamenting people’s reluctance to segregate garbage at source, is not doing enough to popularize the idea, believes urban evangelist,V Ravichandar, suggesting that it has many options to build awareness, from roping in school children to carry the message home to slapping fines on those who don’t fall in …

Garbage misery: IT city left wet & dry'
8 years, 5 months ago

Garbage misery: IT city left wet & dry'

Deccan Chronicle  

The garbage problem has turned from bad to worse, with even those who were segregating waste earlier now handing over mixed garbage bags to pourakarmikas. secretary of Benson Town Residents Welfare Association, "For the past three –and- a -half years we have been spreading the message of segregating garbage at source. Fines are the only way to make people fall …

Bengaluru: Garbage on fire, they play with people's lives!
8 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru: Garbage on fire, they play with people's lives!

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: For the residents of Susheela Road in Sudhama Nagar ward, it is not just the garbage pile up they have to worry about. The residents of Susheela Road, Dodda Mavalli, falling under Sudhama Nagar, BBMP ward, are grappling with an unusual garbage problem. Unsegregated garbage is illegally dumped next to a transformer at night and it is often set …

Mafia controls this waste-sorting centre in Bengaluru
8 years, 6 months ago

Mafia controls this waste-sorting centre in Bengaluru

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: A waste collection and segregation centre right in the city has become a haunt for cows, stray dogs and a resting place for pourakarmikas. Located below the flyover connecting Domlur to Indiranagar 100 feet road on the old Airport road, this two-acre space was meant for garbage segregation. A sum of Rs 50 lakh have also been spent on …

Garbage: Where BBMP fails, activists take over
8 years, 8 months ago

Garbage: Where BBMP fails, activists take over

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Question: What else can fed-up, frustrated citizens do when BBMP leaves mounds of garbage uncleared for years? N. S. Ramakanth, a member of the solid waste management expert committee constituted by the Supreme Court, told DC that the area near the Economically Weaker Section quarters near Ejipura has turned into a total eyesore due to the dumping of garbage …

Bengaluru Burning: The City’s Garbage Crisis is Raising a Stink
8 years, 11 months ago

Bengaluru Burning: The City’s Garbage Crisis is Raising a Stink

The Quint  

During the colonial era, divide and rule was the British policy and in 2015 Karnataka High court found that the solution to Bengaluru’s humongous garbage mess lies in the same. Households were instructed to segregate waste into dry, wet and hazardous and municipal corporation workers ie the BBMP was instructed not to collect mixed waste at any cost. Bengaluru Municipal …

My garbage is now my concern: Why Bengaluru is changing its attitude towards waste segregation
9 years, 1 month ago

My garbage is now my concern: Why Bengaluru is changing its attitude towards waste segregation

Firstpost  

The residents of Bengaluru have begun taking responsibility for their own garbage and reclaiming their city. And, life would have trudged along in its normal pace, if only BBMP could have continued to send the city’s garbage to landfill sites, keeping the powerful contractors and truckers’ lobby happy too. Citizen’s initiatives of several citizens’ forums, eco retailers, garbage service providers …

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