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Bangalore- A new temporary landfill for dumping wet waste has been identified and approved by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). Being located in Chikkanagamangala village of Sarjapura hobli in the outskirts of Bangalore, the new landfill covers an area of around 94 acres, which will be the destination to dump 2,500-3,000 tonnes of [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The high court will hear petitions filed by garbage contractors objecting the modern tenders and also the public interest litigation (PIL) producing problem about the city’s ruin wreck. The State Government and the BBMP are confused as they do not know what to do regarding garbage issue. The civic bodies are at the focal [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- An RTI activist’s queries revealed that Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has to recover rental dues of over Rs 15 crore from the shops and office spaces it had leased out in its 15 shopping complexes in the city. Several media copies of documents obtained through RTI were released on Tuesday by the activist, BM [...] Continue Reading »
Assembly election is knocking the door and now BBMP has realised that they have to speed up the grand projects’ completion project. These projects include signal-free corridors, five grade separators, development of roads, lakes and construction of multi-storied parking facilities will be taken up. BBMP options to help broaden 11 tracks, which include several with [...] Continue Reading »
D Venkatesh Murthy, Mayor inaugurated a new waste segregation unit near Mathikere, in north-west Bangalore which can hold 4-5 tonnes of waste after segregation. The centre is built at a cost of Rs 65 lakh and to prevent spreading of foul smell in the neighbourhood. They have also constructed a compound wall surrounding it. BBMP is [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- As the movement of garbage-laden trucks to various landfills had slowed down in Bangalore on Monday, collection of waste was interrupted. Around 360 trucks had lifted 3,800 tonnes of garbage in the city on Sunday, but most of them failed to reach the landfills till Monday afternoon due to issues like narrow roads, a [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The residents of Govindapura area in Nagawara ward have been facing a series of civic issues including water shortage, poor infrastructure, lack of proper sanitation and sewage system for past many years. Though the area comes under BBMP limits, there is no drinking water and bore-well water is supplied ten days once, complained residents. [...] Continue Reading »
The BBMP had to arrange for five JCBs and 16 trucks to lift the garbage piles and clean up the shopping avenue which was filled with 90 tones of Diwali festival garbage leftover. The garbage piles created a pungent situation and the shop owners had to literally walk through the waste to reach their shops. [...] Continue Reading »
The Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) has registered a case against the real estate company DLF, a former administrator of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), and a former Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). The First Information Report (FIR) registered states that a former commissioner of the BDA, the then administrator of the [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage contractors staged a protest in front of the office of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner demanding security for their vehicles and to take care of the garbage dumped at landfills. Rajneesh Goel, BBMP Commissioner declared that the BBMP would form a squad of five officials who will manage the sites during night [...] Continue Reading »
