Garbage collection
The BBMP committee explained that different approaches will be adopted to handle various types of waste. The committee made it very clear that the residents will be punished if segregation is not done at source. BBMP will not collect waste which are not segregated. Apartments in Bangalore too will have to segregate waste at source. [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The pourakarmikas of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has staged a protest, against their job lay offs, which hit garbage collection in many areas of the city. There are chances that over 8,000 pourakarmikas may be losing their jobs as there are new garbage contracts coming in before the New Year. Opposing their suspected [...] Continue Reading »
The civic body in association with NGO’s is planning to involve rag-pickers in waste management and cleanliness drive. Around 6000 ragpickers have been identified by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). They believe that the project would take care of garbage dumps on the city roads as well as the increasing number of rag-pickers. AMC commissioner Guruprasad Mohapatra said [...] Continue Reading »
With an agenda of finding a solution to the city’s rising garbage collection issue, a meeting has been scheduled on November 24 at Parisara Bhavan, Bangalore. The meeting is expected to bring out better solutions in putting an end to the problem of the collection and disposal of garbage in the city. Dr. Acharya, Chairman [...] 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 »
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was hit out by Opposition leaders for allowing an NGO for implementing a Zero Garbage Project. To implement the Zero Garbage Project in 20 cities, the standing committee has approved the proposal to allot Rs 1.48 crore to NGO Janwani. BJP corporator, Shirnath Bhimale has opposed the decision by saying that [...] Continue Reading »
The management and staff of Bangalore-based developer Century Real Estate carried a cleanliness drive as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR). In association with the community organisation Ugly India, Century Real Estate undertook its new CSR movement, Clean Drive: Making Bangalore beautiful. It is an initiative aimed at cleaning up neighborhood roads of the [...] Continue Reading »
As the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) staff’s “indefinite strike” against the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) entered the second day, the civil administration is compelled to stare at chaos. Most of BBMP officials participated in the demonstration, as the civic body decided to boycott work until the criminal cases booked against its engineers by [...] 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 »
