Disposal of Garbage
The garbage disposal issue seems to have irked the residents of Bangalore as well as the court. The high court has issued notices to the state government, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and Karnataka Slum Clearance Board (KSCB) in a public interest petition related to the garbage disposal system in the [...] Continue Reading »
In order to improve garbage collection, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to start a second shift. The BBMP council passed a resolution to hike the tender amount for garbage contractors by 20 per cent. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy pointed out irregularities among garbage contractors as many of them claim bills without cleaning [...] Continue Reading »
Garbage issues are creating a major problem for the city of Mumbai. Mayor Sunil Prabhu put the blame on the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) at a civic general body meeting on Monday for the problems faced by citizens due to garbage dumping. The mayor expressed his views that contingency plan must be made for garbage [...] Continue Reading »
The civic body’s garbage collection centers in Chennai seem to be turning into mini dump yards of their own. As the city precariously stands on the brink of an outbreak of diarrhea, these garbage collection points have become breeding ground for mosquitos and houseflies. The Chennai Corporation is forced to dismantle the bright blue aluminium [...] Continue Reading »
A good deed is not necessarily always appreciated! BBMP is soon to start door to door garbage collection campaign and will shut down the present disposal of garbage in garbage bins and pits. However, a corporator from Rayapuram ward has taken the initiative of building a garbage pit in the Jagajeevanram Nagar Referral Hospital. The [...] Continue Reading »
More than two months after T Nagar MLA VP Kalairajan of the AIADMK promised to put an end to the problem, woes of the residents of Guild Street in T Nagar appear to be endless. Mushrooming restaurants and fast food joints are the main source of the garbage. The mosquitoes that breed in the rotting [...] Continue Reading »
