BBMP notifies to apartment complexes to manage their waste/ garbage by themselves
According to a BBMP notification last year, apartment complexes with more than 50 units must take care of all the waste they generate (above 10 kgs) by themselves. This civic body recently announced that an amount of Rs.25,000 – Rs.50,000 will be charged in case of any non-compliance with stipulated rules.
The BBMP regulation has two sections:
1) Apartment residents are required to segregate generated waste (dry, wet, sanitary, inert and garden) and put each variety into a separate container.
2) Wet waste and garden waste must be composted using biomethanization techniques. If an apartment complex has limited space, residents should entrust private organizations empanelled by BBMP with the task.
Also, Sanitary/hazardous waste is to be sent to nearest bio-medical waste collection centre for their careful and proper disposal. (Bio-Medical Waste Rules, 1998)
Though residents have no qualms about following the first rule, when it comes to the other, general problems faced by apartments are:
- Space Constraint
- Lack of Time
- High Maintenance Amount
- Lack of Technical Know-How
With this new steep penalty system in picture, apartment dwellers across Bangalore are now questioning the need to pay the yearly garbage cess levied by BBMP, if the body offers absolutely no help in managing waste generated. Many apartment communities have received a legal notice in the past few days citing the BBMP statement.
A resident of RMV Cluster said, “BBMP slapped us with a massive penalty of 2.6 lakhs which seems ridiculous, and we will soon be taking this matter to court. If they want us to do everything on our own, we need good reasons to why we should pay the BBMP tax.”
Another vexed apartment resident voiced, “Unfortunately, we don’t have enough space to set up a machine in our complex and will not be able to comply with these new regulations. Besides, as regular tax payers, aren’t we entitled to waste management services of the BBMP?”
Do you believe this new BBMP penalty is justified, or just another headache left for us to deal with?
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