Bengaluru: Not just froth, deliberate arson by garbage mafia!
7 years, 10 months ago

Bengaluru: Not just froth, deliberate arson by garbage mafia!

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Varthur Lake has been in the news for two days straight, first for heavy rains unleashing a cloud of chemical, toxic froth on the neighbourhood and second, for an inlet where a massive fire was reported on Tuesday morning. Lake wardens, who discovered the flames at around 9.30 am suspect that the fire began in the illegal garbage dump that lies adjacent to the area. "Garbage mafia, posing as BBMP workers collect waste from wards under Eastern Bengaluru and bring it to the illegal plant, which is run by Bangladeshi nationals," said Jagadish Reddy Nagappa, a member of the Citizen Lake Warden Committee. “The BBMP isn’t using this power as it should,” he remarked, although garbage is brought to the illegal plant in autorickshaws bearing BBMP signboards!

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Citizens, experts pursue legal action to protect Bengaluru’s water bodies from waste dumping
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Citizens, experts pursue legal action to protect Bengaluru’s water bodies from waste dumping

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Citizens, activists and experts are worried of the increasing incidents of dumping of waste in water bodies, especially those in Bengaluru outskirts. This comes after citizens approached a team of researchers at the IISc to protect Mylasandra Lake in Ramesh Layout from increasing illegal encroachment and dumping of construction and debris waste and garbage. In an email to the …

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 …

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 …

Garbage mafia rules city’s waste management, we are helpless: Karanata Dy CM Shivakumar
3 months, 1 week ago

Garbage mafia rules city’s waste management, we are helpless: Karanata Dy CM Shivakumar

New Indian Express  

BELAGAVI: Terming waste management authorities in Bengaluru city a mafia, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday told the Legislative Council that the government plans to set up four large-scale plants to convert waste to energy in BBMP jurisdiction. Replying to a question by members Keshav Prasad S and HS Gopinath on solid waste management problems in BBMP, Deputy Chief …

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 …

NGT directs BBMP to stop digging at Yelahanka-Puttenahalli Bird Conservation Reserve and Lake
9 months, 1 week ago

NGT directs BBMP to stop digging at Yelahanka-Puttenahalli Bird Conservation Reserve and Lake

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal Southern Zone has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to stop digging at the Yelahanka-Puttenahalli Bird Conservation Reserve and Lake for laying pipelines. After the Yelahanka-Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust approached the NGT to restrain the BBMP from carrying out any activities, including digging of the earth and putting a huge pipeline in and around …

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 …

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 …

Bengaluru lakes have turned into garbage dumping yards
2 years, 6 months ago

Bengaluru lakes have turned into garbage dumping yards

The Hindu  

The areas near Hulimavu lake near Bannerghatta road — once a quiet locality outside Bengaluru city — is now a prime location for real estate. Despite several complaints being given to the civic body, the officials are not acting against it or working towards putting an end to such menace.” “The waste dumped in the lake causes several problems; plastic …

Waste management crackdown: Bengaluru collects ₹1.2 crore in fines
2 years, 10 months ago

Waste management crackdown: Bengaluru collects ₹1.2 crore in fines

Live Mint  

From January 1 to May 23, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike collected nearly ₹1.2 crore in fines after launching a crackdown on solid waste management infractions. While the fine for solid waste management was over ₹1 crore, the fine for spitting was ₹82,000, the fine for urinating in public was ₹99,708, and the fine for open defecation was ₹31,400. The …

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

Trash the waste before Bengaluru burns
6 years ago

Trash the waste before Bengaluru burns

Deccan Chronicle  

Villagers in Kanahalli village are still choked by dark clouds of particle-filled smoke and a foul stench, after a fire, meant to burn waste in the Bellahalli quarry pit, grew out of control and burned for four days straight. And as this cannot be taken to waste treatment plants, where only segregated garbage is accepted, a whopping 350 loads of …

Bengaluru: Take stalk'; Leaf burning rampant
6 years ago

Bengaluru: Take stalk'; Leaf burning rampant

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Leaf shedding season is on and all the streets and roads in the city are filled of fallen leaves. In many areas, fallen leaves are swept into mounds and then set afire. When DC took up the issue with BBMP Mayor Ms Gangambike, she said, “We are receiving many complaints relating to leaf burning. We have asked the chief …

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 …

Varthur Lake fire: Crackdown on illegal garbage units
7 years, 10 months ago

Varthur Lake fire: Crackdown on illegal garbage units

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: A day after fire was reported from one of Varthur Lake inlet allegedly set off by the illegal garbage mafia, BBMP and BDA officials have finally decided to crack the whip on the illegal garbage units in the area. Deccan Chronicle in its report 'Not just froth, deliberate arson by garbage mafia' had highlighted the illegal garbage processing unit …

Bengaluru’s ‘burning’ lake: NGT orders industries to be shut, imposes Rs 5 lakh fine
7 years, 11 months ago

Bengaluru’s ‘burning’ lake: NGT orders industries to be shut, imposes Rs 5 lakh fine

Hindustan Times  

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday ordered all industries around Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru to be shut and imposed Rs 5 lakh fine on anyone found dumping waste in and around the lake. “All the industries located in the vicinity of Bellandur Lake and discharging effluent, either treated or untreated, are hereby directed to be closed,” the bench said. “If …

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, 3 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: 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 …

Bengaluru: Stench parks itself on Park road
8 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru: Stench parks itself on Park road

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: For residents of Park road, near the bustling Queens Road, it has been a long drawn battle against mounds of garbage dumped illegally in their vicinity. To make matters worse, at night, nearby hotels and big apartments are stealthily thrown off their garbage here,” said Sufiyan, a resident of the area. The residents claim that they have complained to …

Bengaluru demolition drive: Govt should assess damage caused to families
8 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru demolition drive: Govt should assess damage caused to families

Firstpost  

A determined Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike continued its demolition drive on Tuesday in Bengaluru, targeting encroachments on lake beds and Rajakaluves or Storm Water Drains. That the slumberous BBMP has finally woken up to the encroachments on lake beds and SWDs had a trigger point with heavy flooding last week in south west Bengaluru. The Hindu had reported that in …

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 …

BBMP will burn waste to generate electricity
8 years, 9 months ago

BBMP will burn waste to generate electricity

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: With existing scientific waste processing units not functioning effectively and causing untold misery to citizens, the BBMP is contemplating generating power through garbage. Following widespread protests by villagers and complaints from residents living near the waste processing plants about the unbearable stench and air pollution caused by leachate processing, the BBMP has planned to scientifically incinerate or combust the …

BBMP cracks whip on solid waste plant
8 years, 9 months ago

BBMP cracks whip on solid waste plant

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Scientific Solid Waste Management has become a big problem for the BBMP. To add to the garbage woes, the Chikkanagamangala plant is not functioning effectively and its efficiency had reduced to a mere 16 per cent. The BBMP has slapped a notice against the Morgan Solid Waste company holding Limited, which is running a waste processing plant at Chikkanagamangala …

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 …

Bengaluru: A lakefront, now an eyesore
9 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru: A lakefront, now an eyesore

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: “Owning a house overlooking a beautiful lake in South Bengaluru had always been our dream. Another resident, Y. Umadevi says, recently the BBMP and urban authorities jointly took up a lake encroachment demolition drive and bulldozed unauthorized structures, giving hope that the lake will get a fresh lease of life along with the residents who live on the outskirts. …

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 …

Garbage piles up across city
10 years, 9 months ago

Garbage piles up across city

The Hindu  

Even as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike officials claim that the garbage is being cleared across the city, in some places solid waste is piling up. Sathyanarayana said, in a release, that BBMP will take over garbage processing units at Mandur and contract of two private companies, which had taken responsibility to process waste, has been cancelled. He accused BBMP …

BBMP set to launch zero garbage model from July 1
11 years, 9 months ago

BBMP set to launch zero garbage model from July 1

The Hindu  

Ever since the garbage problem erupted in the city last August, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has been making noises about segregation of waste at source. The BBMP is now set to launch the zero garbage programme on a pilot basis in 30 wards across the city from July 1, BBMP commissioner M. Lakshminarayana, said at a talk organised by …

Waste: BBMP turns the heat on government offices
12 years, 1 month ago

Waste: BBMP turns the heat on government offices

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has urged the government to direct all its departments to segregate and prudently manage the waste generated in their offices. BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah said that government offices are one of the major bulk generators of waste. Mohandas Pai, chairperson of Manipal Global Education, said that social entrepreneurs working in waste management must be encouraged, and …

BBMP told to closely monitor bulk garbage generators
12 years, 3 months ago

BBMP told to closely monitor bulk garbage generators

The Hindu  

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to appoint an official exclusively to track waste disposal by bulk generators. Appropriate action, including coercive steps compelling them to adhere to norms, should be taken,” a Division Bench comprising Justice N. Kumar and Justice B.V. Nagarathna said while hearing public interest litigation petitions. It said that the …

Garbage bins may soon be back on Bangalore street corners
12 years, 4 months ago

Garbage bins may soon be back on Bangalore street corners

The Hindu  

After segregation of waste at source became mandatory, the number of black spots across the city has increased. To overcome this problem, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike is planning to put garbage bins at these vulnerable spots. The official added that zonal commissioners had been asked to identify around 50 vulnerable black spots in their jurisdiction. Anyone found violating this …

BBMP chief promises a ‘different Bangalore’ in a few months
12 years, 4 months ago

BBMP chief promises a ‘different Bangalore’ in a few months

The Hindu  

Rajneesh Goel, Commissioner of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, which is drawing flak for the garbage crisis in the city, on Saturday assured a Bench of the Lok Adalat that he would “show a different Bangalore” in a few months. However, the Lok Adalat, which has been monitoring municipal solid waste programmes in the State, did not deliberate on the …

Bangalore garbage menace: Government to form expert committee
12 years, 4 months ago

Bangalore garbage menace: Government to form expert committee

The Hindu  

The Karnataka State government will soon form an expert committee to look into the various waste management proposals that have been submitted to it, as well as the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. BBMP Commissioner Rajneesh Goel told The Hindu that the government would issue an order regarding the formation of the committee and its members on Saturday. He said that …

Garbage sent to Terra Firma
12 years, 5 months ago

Garbage sent to Terra Firma

The Hindu  

Grappling with excess garbage accumulated over the long weekend of festivals and holidays, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike on Monday started sending it to the landfill in Terra Firma in Doddabalapur. One of the three major landfills in the city that has remained shut for over two months, reopening of this landfill may help alleviate the garbage crisis a bit, …

Steps taken to clear accumulated garbage: Karnataka CM
12 years, 5 months ago

Steps taken to clear accumulated garbage: Karnataka CM

The Hindu  

Reacting to a report in The New York Times on garbage problem in Bangalore, Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday said Bangalore is a global city and anything happening here grabs international space, maintaining that government is taking steps to clear accumulated trash. The garbage problem would not bring disrepute and defile city’s image, Mr. Shettar said, adding, the …

Garbage collection begins, BBMP gears up for Bakrid
12 years, 5 months ago

Garbage collection begins, BBMP gears up for Bakrid

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike began the onerous task of clearing the weeklong backlog of garbage on Wednesday. With the Mandur landfill temporarily opening up for dumping of waste, the BBMP has started transporting waste from the city to the dumping yard, which was blocked by the local people for nearly a week. However, a BBMP official said Ulsoor lake …

That scramble to dump the city’s waste
12 years, 5 months ago

That scramble to dump the city’s waste

The Hindu  

By dumping garbage in abandoned quarries on the city’s outskirts, is the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike breaking the law? According to KSPCB Chairperson Vaman Acharya, the board cannot permit dumping of garbage in quarries as it violates the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules 2000. He said: “Given the garbage crisis in the city, the KSPCB had not objected to BBMP’s …

How on earth did we reach this point?
12 years, 5 months ago

How on earth did we reach this point?

The Hindu  

The city’s garbage crisis got a temporary reprieve as the communities living around Mandur, near Hoskote, agreed on Monday evening to call off their blockade and permit the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to dump waste there for another three months. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy, Mahadevapura MLA Arvind Limbavali and BBMP Commissioner Rajneesh Goel held talks with the community members on …

BBMP frames waste management bylaws
12 years, 6 months ago

BBMP frames waste management bylaws

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has framed the draft solid waste management bylaws. These bylaws mandate that all citizens must segregate garbage at source and not dump the waste in either plastic or non-biodegradable bags at any given point of time. While cautioning that wet waste and dry waste shall not be mixed, the bylaws also have a penalty clause …

Segregate garbage at home or pay a fine
12 years, 6 months ago

Segregate garbage at home or pay a fine

The Hindu  

You may have to pay a fine if you don’t segregate dry from wet waste before handing it over to the garbage collectors appointed by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike. The Karnataka High Court on Monday asked the BBMP and the State government to inform it before September 21 on the steps taken to appoint executive magistrates under the Code …

What a Waste
12 years, 7 months ago

What a Waste

Live Mint  

Lakshmi, a contract worker with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, pushes her cart through the huge pile of waste lying outside Bangalore’s iconic Russell Market, where a group of corporation workers are trying their best to contain the mound of trash. On 11 July, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board had ordered that garbage couldn’t be sent to the Mavallipura …

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