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The Karnataka government was rapped by the Karnataka high court for lack of initiatives taken up to tackle the mounting garbage problem. The high court has asked the government to identify five more landfill sites in five directions around Bangalore within two weeks for temporary disposal of garbage as there is no notifications of any [...] Continue Reading »
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) seems not to get any respite from garbage issues. In a petition, the new approved garbage tender proposals floated by BBMP have been challenged by old contractors. The counselor for the petition says that the new proposals have many discrepancies. The new proposals require a pourakarmika to sweep at least [...] Continue Reading »
In a drive against selling tobacco, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is set to stop selling tobacco and cigarettes within a 100-metre radius of educational institutions. Even smoking in public places will be restricted from November 9. A proper legal notice was filed, around 87 cases under Section 4 and 68 cases under Section [...] Continue Reading »
As the city of Bangalore grapples with loads of garbage being dumped on streets and BBMP failing to find a place to dump them, finally a solution seems to be on the horizon. The BBMP council approved a proposal for purchasing 400 acres of land at Bagepalli in Chikkaballapur district for waste disposal. The civic [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has handed out contracts to new contractors. As Bangalore is reeling under uncleared garbage dumps, contracts go to new hands to clean up the city. The BBMP council has accorded approval to the new garbage tenders. As a result, the corporation got rid of the old garbage mafia and [...] Continue Reading »
It seems there is no end to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) garbage woes with 15,000 tonnes of uncleared garbage, the Palike is having hard times to deal with the mounting waste generated by the ongoing festival season. Despite working overtime to clear the waste piled up across the City, the Palike’s workers could remove [...] Continue Reading »
Angry villagers at the landfill site, of Old Madras Road, near Hoskote, blocked Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara palike (BBMP) trucks from disposing garbage and refused to heed warnings by the police posted in the village. Since they are left with no option, BBMP would continue dumping waste in Mandur. The garbage crisis took an ugly face in [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore turned into a sprawling landfill with heaps of garbage across the city. Heaps of garbage were found in front of the Legislators’ Home in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha. Bungalows of ministers, the residence of minister for Kannada and culture Govind Karajol also witnessed piled up thrash. Residents worry that even pourakarmikas kept silent [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is seriously working on the sanitation issues in the city. They have wrote to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) seeking permission to dump garbage from the city over 22 acres of land over to the civic body authority. Communities around Mandur are keeping a strict vigilance to [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court lashed out at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) upon hearing two public interest litigations. The High Court criticised BBMP for the piling up of garbage in the city and directed the civic agency to file a status report on garbage segregation on November 6, 2012. The court expressed displeasure over [...] Continue Reading »
