Bengaluru’s trash is no man’s treasure
2 years, 2 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. Health hazards The journey towards the Mittaganahalli landfill, one of the city’s largest, where tonnes of solid waste gets dumped by the BBMP every day, starts with an unbearable stench. Abandoned landfills fare no better Ravi Kumar, a resident near Bingipura landfill, said the authorities did not conduct a public consultation when they started to dump waste seven years ago. Now, after stopping dumping garbage, we still have many issues, including the landfill rotting with leachate formation.” The health problems near landfills are not limited to humans.

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Bengaluru's MG Road, Brigade Road buried in 15MT of trash after New Year's eve, BBMP workers clean up in 4 hours
1 week, 2 days ago

Bengaluru's MG Road, Brigade Road buried in 15MT of trash after New Year's eve, BBMP workers clean up in 4 hours

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru's Central Business District, including popular streets like MG Road, Brigade Road, Church Street, Residency Road, and others, was left in a heap of 15 metric tons of waste after the New Year celebrations. While many have praised the hard work of the municipal authorities and pourakarmikas, with one user saying, "Great job, hats off to the BBMP workers! Others …

Bengaluru resident gets BBMP to fix a drainage issue in just one day. Here's how he did it
1 month, 1 week ago

Bengaluru resident gets BBMP to fix a drainage issue in just one day. Here's how he did it

Hindustan Times  

A Bengaluru resident living in Malleshwaram successfully resolved a foul-smelling drainage issue within a day after raising a complaint with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. The resident also discovered that BBMP has an app that can make the process even easier for future complaints. Here’s what he did The resident shared on Reddit that he visited the BBMP website and …

The journey of Bengaluru’s waste
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The journey of Bengaluru’s waste

The Hindu  

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‘Unscientific’ landfills, not a solid fix for waste management
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Unscientific’ landfills, not a solid fix for waste management

The Hindu  

Are ‘unscientific’ landfills the only way to manage Bengaluru city’s massive mountains of solid waste? As more quarries are identified as landfills, the search for a sustainable long-term solid waste management plan has hit rock bottom. The State-owned Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited recently floated a tender to set up two landfill sites in the city, one near Bagalur and …

All waste processing plants and landfills will be shifted out of Bengaluru city: D.K. Shivakumar
1 year, 3 months ago

All waste processing plants and landfills will be shifted out of Bengaluru city: D.K. Shivakumar

The Hindu  

Residents living around waste processing plants who have been demanding their closure for years now may heave a sigh of relief. Shivakumar on Tuesday announced that the State government will relocate all waste processing plants and landfills to outside Bengaluru city soon. Mr. Shivakumar directed Deputy Commissioners of Bengaluru, Bengaluru, and Ramanagara districts to find land parcels of 100 acres …

BBMP received over 10,000 suggestions on solid waste management in Bengaluru
1 year, 5 months ago

BBMP received over 10,000 suggestions on solid waste management in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

Bengaluru The Environment Science Department of Bangalore University will be analysing the suggestions received under Brand Bengaluru on solid waste management to prepare a comprehensive report. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike received over 70,000 suggestions on various issues through the Brand Bengaluru website launched by Deputy Chief Minister D.K. On Thursday, in a seminar held on waste management at BU, …

Bengaluru lakes have turned into garbage dumping yards
2 years, 3 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 …

The growing peril of Bengaluru’s missing drains
2 years, 3 months ago

The growing peril of Bengaluru’s missing drains

The Hindu  

In the past 15 years, India has seen several episodes of extreme rainfall in 24 hours: Mumbai received over 900mm of rain in 2005, Chennai had over 300mm in 2015, and now Bengaluru saw over 130mm. Bengaluru had several advantages compared to many other Indian cities: a high elevation, an undulating topography, interconnected lakes, green spaces that helped soak rain, …

BBMP mapping black spots across Bengaluru
3 years, 4 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 …

Trash the waste before Bengaluru burns
5 years, 9 months ago

Trash the waste before Bengaluru burns

Deccan Chronicle  

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Bengaluru: Take stalk'; Leaf burning rampant
5 years, 10 months 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 …

Bengaluru: Garbage segregation lesson for visitors at Aero India
5 years, 10 months ago

Bengaluru: Garbage segregation lesson for visitors at Aero India

Deccan Chronicle  

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