No time to solve garbage issue in Bangalore
As the election is around the corner, the officials are busy with promotional campaigns and seems to have no time to take any action on garbage issue.
The residents of Bhartinagar Ward is facing tough time as it has been five days since the pourakarmikars have not cleared the garbage in that ward. The area corporator said that the pourakamikas are regularly irregular as they have not been paid salary for the past three months.
A blame game is going between the BBMP officials and the contractor. BBMP appoints contractor without taking any information about their background. The area corporator has already written a letter to the BBMP commissioner about the contractor but no action has been taken against the contractor.
However, the Karnataka government has planned to revise the Karnataka Municipal Corporation(KMC) Act, 1976, to end the garbage problem in Bangalore and has permitted the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to penalize citizens who are not segregating waste at source. The government has decided to implement a fine of Rs 500 but Rs 100 for the first time.
To solve the garbage problem, residents have to segregate the waste by themselves. Whoever violates garbage segregation will be penalized. The BBMP will not collect waste which is not segregated. The government is planning to announce a bill so that they can be levied fines against both bulk generators and households.
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has decided to form a team to collar offenders who burn waste, dump garbage, urinate in public places, etc. The team will be positioned at key locations to cover as much of the city as possible.
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