With emphasis on SWM, ₹100 crore set aside to purchase land for processing units
1 year, 1 month ago

With emphasis on SWM, ₹100 crore set aside to purchase land for processing units

The Hindu  

The Budget, with emphasis on Solid Waste Management, has set aside ₹100 crore to purchase four parcels of land measuring 50 to 100 acres to set up Integrated Waste Processing Centres. The Budget said to make Bengaluru a clean city, Integrated Solid Waste Management Comprehensive Action Plan will focus on collection, transportation and processing to be handled by a single agency. In the Budget, the BBMP has proposed to allocate ₹1,000 crore for Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd. for collection, segregation of waste, development of landfilling sites and maintenance of solid waste treatment. A comprehensive solid waste management system will be implemented at Ramanashree Layout in Begur for a period of one year as a pilot project.

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Officials from Chennai, other parts of T.N. to visit Europe to study waste management techniques in May
1 week, 3 days ago

Officials from Chennai, other parts of T.N. to visit Europe to study waste management techniques in May

The Hindu  

The World Bank will facilitate the visit of engineers and senior officials from Chennai and other parts of the State to study clean technologies, modern landfills, and best practices in European cities to improve waste management. Such cities have reportedly implemented waste management projects adopting clean technologies near residential areas. Owing to protests by residents against waste processing in Perungudi …

Greater Chennai Corporation allocates ₹352 crore for solid waste management
1 week, 3 days ago

Greater Chennai Corporation allocates ₹352 crore for solid waste management

The Hindu  

The Greater Chennai Corporation has allocated ₹352 crore in its budget presented on Wednesday for solid waste management. Since 2018, estimated expenditure of the Solid Waste Management Department was noted under categories — compost bins, Swachh Bharat initiatives, river restoration works and procurement under the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 scheme, among others. Capital expenditure Capital expenditure for GCC refers to …

Bengaluru property taxes set to rise as Karnataka government approves waste collection fee: Report
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Bengaluru property taxes set to rise as Karnataka government approves waste collection fee: Report

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru residents may see a rise in property taxes as the Karnataka government has given the go-ahead to levy a user fee on all domestic waste generators in the city. The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd, which proposed the user fee in November last year, has yet to issue an official order. According to a report by Deccan Herald, the …

Karnataka approves Rs 1,300 crore sewage treatment project in 110 BBMP villages
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Karnataka approves Rs 1,300 crore sewage treatment project in 110 BBMP villages

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The state cabinet on Wednesday green signalled several high-impact projects aimed at improving infrastructure, public health, and governance across the state. After nearly 20 years of demand, the government finally approved sewage treatment plants to six zonal packages under the Karnataka Water Security and Disaster Resilience Programme with World Bank assistance. This project, pegged at a staggering Rs 1,323 …

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 …

Malappuram municipality launches waste management project with World Bank support
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Malappuram municipality launches waste management project with World Bank support

The Hindu  

Malappuram municipality has launched a solid waste management project with the support of the World Bank. Inaugurating the project named Kerala State Waste Management Project here on Tuesday, E.T. Mohammed Basheer, MP, called upon civic bodies in the State to make use of the advanced technologies available for waste management. Mr. Basheer said effective waste management projects played a significant …

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 …

India's First 'Waste Management City-Cum-Learning Centre' to Open In Gorakhpur
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India's First 'Waste Management City-Cum-Learning Centre' to Open In Gorakhpur

ABP News  

Gorakhpur : Gorakhpur is set to establish the country's first Integrated Waste Management City-cum-Learning Centre by September 2025, aimed at making the city garbage-free and promoting sustainable waste management through circular economy model. Spread across 40 acres in Suthni village, Sahjanwa, the ambitious project will process various types of waste while generating charcoal and Bio-CNG, Gorakhpur Municipal Commissioner Gaurav Sogarwal …

Ludhiana: ₹53-crore project launched to manage waste
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: ₹53-crore project launched to manage waste

Hindustan Times  

The Municipal Corporation on Saturday launched a major project worth over ₹53 crore to dispose of around 700 metric tonnes of fresh waste generated in the city on a daily basis. Projects worth around ₹77 crore have already been launched in the past for bioremediation of around 19.62 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jamalpur main dump site …

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw calls for garbage-free Bengaluru, urges BBMP to launch 'cleanest ward' contest
4 months ago

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw calls for garbage-free Bengaluru, urges BBMP to launch 'cleanest ward' contest

Hindustan Times  

Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has shared a video on X highlighting the waste management efforts of Vandse village in Karnataka’s Kundapura Taluk, urging Bengaluru to adopt similar practices. Can we create this garbage-free model ward by ward in our city?” She also recommended that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike launch a "Cleanest Ward" contest to encourage residents and local authorities …

BSWML floats tenders for construction and demolition waste processing plants in Bengaluru
4 months ago

BSWML floats tenders for construction and demolition waste processing plants in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited has floated a tender for end-to-end construction and demolition waste management under the public-private partnership mode. As part of this, four C&D waste processing units of 1,000 tonnes per day capacity each, will be set up in four corners of the city. Learning lessons from the failure of the C&D waste processing policy of …

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission
6 months, 1 week ago

Building on the gains of Swachh Bharat Mission

Hindustan Times  

Swachh Bharat Mission is set to complete 10 years. But now the Mission faces the more slippery world of solid and liquid waste management, compared to the provision of low flush, twin-pit toilets across needy communities. Only 248 of the cities have broadly reached the parameters of Garbage Free Cities covering aspects of collection, segregation, storage, scientific processing, cleaning of …

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 …

Garbage to Gold pilot project to start from Pithapuram: Pawan Kalyan
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Garbage to Gold pilot project to start from Pithapuram: Pawan Kalyan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan underlined that panchayats and municipalities in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh have the potential to earn approximately Rs 220 crore per month and Rs 2,640 crore annually, provided there is effective management of waste generated in these areas. “Further, by implementing zero waste management in rural areas, we can provide employment to around 2.5 …

revised solid waste management cess in bangalore
9 months, 1 week ago

revised solid waste management cess in bangalore

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike has proposed a Solid Waste Management Cess of ₹100 per month for each household. Urban Local Bodies levy user fees or SWM cess as per the provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. ULBs are now considering revising these rates and imposing higher charges on bulk waste generators to meet a portion of the costs …

Chennai Corporation expects to complete biomining in Perungudi dumpyard by July
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Chennai Corporation expects to complete biomining in Perungudi dumpyard by July

The Hindu  

With 84% of the legacy waste in the Perungudi dumpyard processed through biomining, the project is expected to be completed by July 2024, according to Chennai Corporation. The legacy waste in the 225.16-acre Perungudi dumpyard is processed through a biomining project worth ₹350.64 crore sanctioned under the Swachh Bharat Mission scheme and the administrative sanction secured vide a Government Order …

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 …

BBMP identifies land in West, South and North of Bengaluru for waste processing parks
1 year ago

BBMP identifies land in West, South and North of Bengaluru for waste processing parks

The Hindu  

Bengaluru’s civic administration has identified three large parcels of land in West, South and Northern outskirts of the city to establish integrated waste processing parks, even as the hunt for a large parcel of land is underway in the East. According to its budget presented on February 29, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is looking for ‘large parcels of land of …

Karnataka Cabinet approves ₹1,200 crore action plan for white-topping roads in Bengaluru
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka Cabinet approves ₹1,200 crore action plan for white-topping roads in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

The State Cabinet has approved ₹1200 crore action plan for white topping of roads in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike limits. For flyovers The Cabinet meeting held on Thursday, February 1, has approved ₹263 crore for construction of flyover at IOC junction and construction of an additional two-lane road over bridge at Baiyappanhalli Railway level crossing, Law and Parliamentary Affairs …

‘Unscientific’ landfills, not a solid fix for waste management
1 year, 3 months 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 …

BSWML sees ₹1,000 crore revenue in waste business, can be independent of BBMP
1 year, 4 months ago

BSWML sees ₹1,000 crore revenue in waste business, can be independent of BBMP

The Hindu  

If everything goes as planned, the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited will emerge out of the shadow of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, and become an independent body, thanks to the Extended Producers’ Responsibility and garbage user fee. The company is aiming to earn a revenue of at least ₹1,000 crore annually through EPR and levying user fee for collecting …

Why is Bengaluru expanding its waste-management capacity? | Explained
1 year, 5 months ago

Why is Bengaluru expanding its waste-management capacity? | Explained

The Hindu  

The Government of Karnataka is contemplating the relocation of waste processing facilities, operational in Bengaluru, to the outskirts of the city. The existing waste processing capacity in Bengaluru stands at about 2,000 TPD, including small-scale decentralised ward-level waste processing facilities, leaving roughly 3,000 TPD of waste to be disposed of in landfill quarries without processing. Given the issues posed by …

Now, Bengaluru’s waste to be dumped in Ramanagara
1 year, 5 months ago

Now, Bengaluru’s waste to be dumped in Ramanagara

The Hindu  

At a time when citizens and experts in Bengaluru have been demanding the closure of waste processing plants and landfills, the State government has decided to carry the heaps of refuse to Ramanagara, besides Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts. On his directions, the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited will set up four integrated solid waste management plants on lands …

BBMP to implement EPR policy, aims to earn ₹100 crore annually
1 year, 7 months ago

BBMP to implement EPR policy, aims to earn ₹100 crore annually

The Hindu  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will soon implement the Extended Producers Responsibility in Solid Waste Management policy which will help boost the revenue of Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd.. Although the EPR policy was introduced under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, by the Union Ministry of Forest, Environment and Climate Change, the same was not adopted by the civic …

Not just contractors, NGOs in Bengaluru too may come under SIT scanner
1 year, 7 months ago

Not just contractors, NGOs in Bengaluru too may come under SIT scanner

The Hindu  

Bengaluru Not-for-profit organisations working under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike may come under the scanner of the special investigation team constituted by the Karnataka government to probe projects sanctioned by the previous BJP government. How NGOs entered the picture, and cornered a portion of EPR revenue In 2021, Karnataka government had set up Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited to handle …

BBMP received over 10,000 suggestions on solid waste management in Bengaluru
1 year, 7 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, …

Can short courses creating technical expertise help solve Bengaluru’s garbage problem?
1 year, 8 months ago

Can short courses creating technical expertise help solve Bengaluru’s garbage problem?

The Hindu  

It has been five years since Samvada Baduku started offering a certification course in waste supply chain management. “The medium of communication is Kannada, and therefore we will have to turn down those applications,” says Bindiya, course faculty for waste management at Baduku. We are also encouraging startups so that more and more entrepreneurs take up such initiatives and solve …

Coimbatore Corporation plans bio-mining plant at Vellalore dump yard
2 years ago

Coimbatore Corporation plans bio-mining plant at Vellalore dump yard

The Hindu  

The civic body plans to install a bio-mining unit worth ₹53 crore at the Vellalore dump yard, Deputy Commissioner M. Sharmila told The Hindu. The NGT has directed to scientifically dispose legacy waste on 69 acres in the Vellalore dump yard within 15 months in 2018. But, over five months on, no status report has been filed by the Corporation.” …

Infra, solving traffic woes focus of ₹11,163 cr civic body budget
2 years ago

Infra, solving traffic woes focus of ₹11,163 cr civic body budget

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Calling it an ‘Atma Nirbhar Budget’, BBMP special commissioner for finance Jayaram Raipura presented a surplus budget of ₹ 6.14 crore. Calling it an ‘Atma Nirbhar Budget’, BBMP special commissioner for finance Jayaram Raipura presented a surplus budget of ₹6.14 crore. Another ₹20 crore has been earmarked for maintenance of arterial and sub-arterial roads and roads constructed under Tender …

New master plan, task force on stormwater drains to free Bengaluru from flooding
2 years, 6 months ago

New master plan, task force on stormwater drains to free Bengaluru from flooding

The Hindu  

In a bid to find a long-term solution to flooding in Bengaluru, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday announced that a master plan with an end-to-end approach would be evolved, not only to manage the existing storm-water drains and build new ones, but also link them with the Cauvery through Dakshina Pinakini. Replying to a debate in the Legislative Assembly …

WB govt fined Rs 3,500 crore by NGT for waste management negligence
2 years, 6 months ago

WB govt fined Rs 3,500 crore by NGT for waste management negligence

Op India  

On Saturday, the National Green Tribunal admonished the West Bengal government for putting the people’s health at risk by failing to handle solid and liquid waste generated in the state and issued a Rs 3,500 crore penalty for the enormous gap in solid and liquid waste generation and treatment. The directive was issued after NGT monitored state and union territory …

Allow the private sector into waste management
2 years, 7 months ago

Allow the private sector into waste management

Hindustan Times  

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic appeal for Swachh Bharat on August 15, 2014, he brought into sharp focus waste and waste management as never before. This belies the premise of Swachh Bharat, with no apparent learning and no interest in adopting advanced technological solutions to treat waste. The investment in the construction and operation of a sanitary …

Will a single agency for collection of waste in Bengaluru work?
2 years, 10 months ago

Will a single agency for collection of waste in Bengaluru work?

The Hindu  

In what will be a reversal of the Solid Waste Management strategy in Bengaluru for nearly a decade now, if it goes through, the civic body will likely revert to a single agency/contractor collecting all streams of waste from the doorstep under the new tenders being drafted. “Today we have different agencies responsible for wet waste, dry waste, sanitary waste, …

PMC, MPCB get notices for building garbage depot along Ram Nadi flood lines
2 years, 11 months ago

PMC, MPCB get notices for building garbage depot along Ram Nadi flood lines

Hindustan Times  

The gram panchayats of Bhukum and Bhugaon located in Mulshi Taluka have issued notices to municipal commissioner, chief engineer, irrigation department of the Pune Municipal Corporation and regional officer of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board for illegally beginning work of a garbage collection centre along the flood lines of Ram Nadi. The gram panchayat has given a 15-day notice with a …

Jaffrabad to get waste management tech park
3 years ago

Jaffrabad to get waste management tech park

Hindustan Times  

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation’s new technology park in Jaffrabad, which features several pilot projects for decentralised processing of municipal waste, will be inaugurated by K Vijay Raghavan, the principal scientific advisor to the Central government, on Tuesday. Under the technology park, a 1,000sqm area, which was earlier used for open dumping and waste collection, has been turned into mini-decentralised …

Govt Allocates Rs 40,700 Cr for Waste Management in 2 Lakh Villages Under Swacch Bharat Mission
3 years, 9 months ago

Govt Allocates Rs 40,700 Cr for Waste Management in 2 Lakh Villages Under Swacch Bharat Mission

News 18  

Over Rs 40,700 crore have been allocated to help over two lakh villages achieve solid and liquid waste management under the Swacch Bharat Mission, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on Tuesday. “The Ministry of Jal Shakti under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase 2 is poised to support over two lakh villages achieve solid and liquid waste management arrangements through an …

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 …

Kochi: Rs 44-crore projects for waste management
5 years, 7 months ago

Kochi: Rs 44-crore projects for waste management

Deccan Chronicle  

KOCHI: The City Corporation has prepared a detailed project report for implementing solid waste management projects worth Rs 44 crore, using the funds allocated by the Union government. “The funds have been allocated under Swachh Bharat Mission for implementing various solid waste management projects. The Corporation has to provide Rs 2,000 per one tonne of garbage as viability gap fund …

'PPP model of urban waste management needs $5 bn/year'
5 years, 11 months ago

'PPP model of urban waste management needs $5 bn/year'

The Quint  

New Delhi, April 21 The implementation of municipal solid waste management through the Public-Private Partnership model in Indian cities will require the investment of $5 billion per year, a joint report by industry chamber Assocham and British advisory multinational Ernst & Young said on Sunday. The study titled, "The big 'W' impact: effective urban waste management solutions in India" suggested …

Thiruvananthapuram: Swachh city' from April
6 years, 1 month ago

Thiruvananthapuram: Swachh city' from April

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ambitious decentralised waste management is all set to get more thrust in the state capital with the city corporation gearing up to implement its Swachh Bharat initiative, which aims at strengthening and modernising the existing decentralised waste management initiative of the civic body. The main objective of the initiative is to make finished products from municipal waste including …

Waive cess to households composting wet waste: MLA Ashwath Narayan
6 years, 5 months ago

Waive cess to households composting wet waste: MLA Ashwath Narayan

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Though many individual houses and apartment complexes process wet waste and convert them to compost, thereby reducing the burden on BBMP, they still have to pay solid waste management cess. In his petition dated October 2, Dr Narayan said, "The petition is to endorse progressive and sustainable actions to make Namma Bengaluru a city that will compost recycle and …

Waste processing plants still working at a quarter of their capacity
6 years, 7 months ago

Waste processing plants still working at a quarter of their capacity

The Hindu  

Four months after the High Court of Karnataka directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to revive all seven compost-based waste processing plants in the city and run them at optimum capacity, the plants are functioning at less than a quarter of their installed capacity. Of the total installed capacity of 2,100 tonnes a day of these seven plants, the BBMP …

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 …

While smaller cities are more efficient at waste segregation, India needs strong commitment to manage its waste
6 years, 9 months ago

While smaller cities are more efficient at waste segregation, India needs strong commitment to manage its waste

India Today  

Smaller cities have been innovative and "more successful" in implementing waste segregation at source methodology compared to the bigger ones, a green body today said, as it awarded a small town in Maharashtra for its eco-friendly initiatives. Cities with higher segregation percentage As per CSE, 4 of the 20 forum cities assessed have a segregation percentage higher than 90 per …

Residents, NGO work to make Mumbai’s Bandra Reclamation a zero-garbage zone
6 years, 9 months ago

Residents, NGO work to make Mumbai’s Bandra Reclamation a zero-garbage zone

Hindustan Times  

Bandra Reclamation is about to become a zero-garbage locality soon. With assistance from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the NGO Stree Mukti Sanghatana, the residents of Bandra Reclamation have installed compost pits and tumblers of, with capacities between 30kg and 60kg, in housing societies and establishments like the fire brigade station, MTNL, MSRDC and Ali Yavar Jung Institute for the …

Waste management could generate six lakh jobs in India; can Bengaluru show the way?
7 years, 3 months ago

Waste management could generate six lakh jobs in India; can Bengaluru show the way?

Firstpost  

Managing urban India’s 1,50,000 tonnes of municipal waste could generate 6,00,000 to 7,50,000 jobs while creating a cleaner environment and ensuring dignity and safety for millions. At the bottom of the “stack” are the “destinations” for the different types of waste: biogas or compost for wet waste and various options for dry and hazardous waste. A company like Carbon Masters …

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 …

Committees to check SWM plants
9 years, 2 months ago

Committees to check SWM plants

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: In the wake of stiff resistance from villagers and people living in the vicinity of waste processing units, the BBMP commissioner has formed co-ordination committees to ensure that the plants function without any hurdles and that infrastructure around the plants are improved. In order to quell the opposition and protests, the BBMP has set up co-ordination committees comprising the …

BBMP officials lack commitment to solve garbage crisis: Mayor
10 years, 9 months ago

BBMP officials lack commitment to solve garbage crisis: Mayor

The Hindu  

Sathyanarayana has said officials of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike lack commitment to solve the garbage crisis. We request the residents there to cooperate with BBMP until then,” he said, adding that if waste management projects are taken up at the ward level, pressure on landfills would reduce drastically. Mr. Sathyanarayana also called upon B.PAC to join hands with the BBMP …

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