Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
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 »
The recent rap by the High Court of Karnataka to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) concerning its feet on scientific garbage disposal, an initiation to set up a unique project was taken. This project will be set up near NMKRV college, Jayanagar. As per the segregation rule by the BBMP, the collected waste from the eight wards of Padmanabhanagar [...] 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 »
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 »
As per the negotiations between Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and villagers in Mandur, BBMP officials managed to convince some leaders of villagers in Mandur to allow unlimited number of garbage trucks to dump waste till October 29. The villagers have urged the civic body to stick to its promise and said that if BBMP [...] 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 »
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 »
Residents of the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Quarters in Ejipura have staged a dharna opposing their eviction by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP have started the eviction to facilitate the joint development of the land with a private partner. As per the agreement, 1,512 flats for EWS will be constructed on one half [...] Continue Reading »
Alarming reports state that Bangalore has been in the grip of dengue over the last two months. More and more cases of dengue-like fever have been reported in the last few months from all over the city. However, the health officials from the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continue to be in denial mode. Statistics [...] Continue Reading »
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) sources say that expenditure on solid waste management may come down soon. The civic body spends around Rs 400 crore on solid waste management at present. The contractors participated in the new garbage tenders had quoted up to 40 per cent less. With relaxation of terms and conditions in [...] Continue Reading »
