Garbage sent to Terra Firma

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, officials hope. Freedom Park While the garbage pile at Freedom Park, reported with outrage in sections of the media, got special treatment with BBMP workers swinging into action and cleaning over 300 tonnes — supervised by Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy — other areas were not as fortunate. Garbage tenders On the eve of Tuesday’s BBMP Council meeting, when the issue of garbage tenders will be discussed, a team of BJP councillors held a meeting chaired by the former Mayor Nataraj.