Bangalore Garbage
Due to the unprecedented garbage crisis in the city, entrepreneurs are tapping the potential of technology where recycling is the mantra, to ease the burden on landfills. Automatic garbage machine (AGM) is one of the solution that can process 500 to 1,500 kg of waste each day, using simple but effective techniques. The machine handles [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP has finally decided to withdraw the three percent garbage cess on the property tax collected from bulk generators in the Palike council meeting. The cess had become a argument between the bulk generators and the civic agency. The high court questioned Palike about the logic behind imposing garbage cess when the bulk generators [...] Continue Reading »
Due to the rain in Bangalore, garbage has become much bigger mess to tackle. Garbage has been piled up as a result of pourakarmikas not turning up for work due to the non stop rain in the city. The chairperson of Karnataka Land Army Corporation stated that garbage was not cleared in Rajajinagar and Basaveshwaranagar [...] 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 »
Residents of Coffee Board Layout paid BBMP Garbage Cess but BBMP Bangalore not collected garbage for a month. Residents of Coffee Board Layout used to pay Rs 30 per house to contractor for collecting garbage from the area. Since BBMP started collecting Garbage Cess for this year, residents of Coffee Board Layout stopped paying the [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP will levy the proposed Garbage Cess or Solid Waste Management (SWM) Cess from April 1. The cess will be levied on residential and non-residential units based on the dimensions of the land on which they stand. The annual cess will be levied on property tax. It has to be paid within the first [...] Continue Reading »
Betterment charges might soon be reintroduced as ‘improvement charges’ at reduced rates. The proposal was approved by the Palike’s tax and finance committee on Tuesday. As per the revised tariff, rates will be Rs 50-60 lesser than what were fixed earlier. These improvement charges will be collected from all converted lands in the outer areas. [...] Continue Reading »
Bhanupriya a first semester student at BMS Engineering College came under the wheels of a speeding private bus as she tried to avoid a pile of garbage. She lost her life because of an indifferent garbage contractor, who had let the trash pile up on the road. The proof of the contractor’s guilt was confirmed [...] Continue Reading »
Residents of R T Nagar are upset with the care-takers of a Vinayaka temple for dumping garbage on the pavement. The problem began around year ago when the condition of the temple’s waste bin became so bad that it could no longer be used. Temple authorities got rid of the bin and began dumping waste [...] Continue Reading »
The dumpyard and garbage in Bangalore will soon be a history. BBMP is set to collaborate with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, to dispose of the city’s solid waste. BARC Will Set Up Bio-Methanization Unit Fed By Garbage. The pilot project will be taken up in the City Market area. Based on the success [...] Continue Reading »
