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		<title>BBMP identifies land to process waste</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bbmp-identifies-land-to-process-waste-50702</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, the BBMP has realised that solid waste management (SWM) is not the sole responsibility of bulk generators. Realising its mistake, the BBMP, in association with the Bengaluru Hotels&#8217; Association, other commercial bulk waste generators and an agency entrusted to process the waste (Noble Exchange), has identified around 20 acres of land to process waste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No time to solve garbage issue in Bangalore</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/no-time-to-solve-garbage-issue-in-bangalore-2-50253</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/no-time-to-solve-garbage-issue-in-bangalore-2-50253#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the election is around the corner, the officials are busy with promotional campaigns and seems to have no time to take any action on garbage issue. The residents of Bhartinagar Ward is facing tough time as it has been five days since the pourakarmikars have not cleared the garbage in that ward. The area [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garbage segregation violators to be penalized</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/garbage-segregation-violators-to-be-penalized-50204</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/garbage-segregation-violators-to-be-penalized-50204#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To end the garbage crisis in Bangalore and other places, the Karnataka government has revised the Karnataka Municipal Corporation(KMC) Act, 1976, and has permitted the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to penalize denizens who are not segregating waste at source. The government has decided to implement a fine of Rs 500 but Rs 100 for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandur residents believe in give and take policy</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandur-residents-believe-in-give-and-take-policy-48678</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandur-residents-believe-in-give-and-take-policy-48678#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Budget 2013 does not hold any hope for Bangalore which has been reeling under garbage crisis. Moreover, the two big landfills at Mandur and Mavallipura area a great failure. Member of the Supreme Court appointed committee says that waste- to- energy and industrial solution projects are not applicable. Environmentally, they are risky as they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2013 encourages waste-to-energy plants</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/budget-2013-encourages-waste-to-energy-plants-47974</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/budget-2013-encourages-waste-to-energy-plants-47974#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[waste incinerators]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WTE plant in Kanpur]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi- The government of India has made a budgetary provision to promote setting up of waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in this year’s budget. Following the government’s measure on funding WTE plants, a debate has been started whether this was really needed or not. Waste management has become a muddle across many cities of India nowadays. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bulk generators to dispose their own waste</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bulk-generators-to-dispose-their-own-waste-46952</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bulk-generators-to-dispose-their-own-waste-46952#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garbage Cess]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=46952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many residential and commercial associations are coming forward with promises to clean garbage by having their own solid waste management and scientific disposal system, after the BBMP&#8217;s campaign &#8221; Wake up, Clean up Bengaluru&#8221; happened earlier this month. The waste from bulk generators in the city will no longer be transported to the landfills. Instead, it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New technology to tackle garbage menace</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/new-technology-to-tackle-garbage-menace-44606</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/new-technology-to-tackle-garbage-menace-44606#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apartment owners in Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automatic garbage machine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore landfills]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[waste managment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=44606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandur villagers ready for another protest against garbage dumping</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandur-villagers-ready-for-another-protest-against-garbage-dumping-43631</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandur-villagers-ready-for-another-protest-against-garbage-dumping-43631#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dumping garbage at landfill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dumping waste at Mandur]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to extend the deadline to end dumping waste at Mandur, the villagers of Mandur are getting ready for another protest if in case the BBMP fails to keep their promise. A member of the Mandur Gram Panchayat, said that the villagers have decided not to allow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solution urgent for Bangalore&#8217;s garbage menace!</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/solution-urgent-for-bangalores-garbage-menace-41795</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/solution-urgent-for-bangalores-garbage-menace-41795#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=41795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBMP officials are trying hard to find a solution for the uncleared garbage in the city. A permanent solution needs to be found to manage the estimated 3,500 tonne waste generated in the city. The residents of Mavallipura and Mandur have made it clear that they wont allow  Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to dump anymore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More garbage processing units to come up in Pune</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/more-garbage-processing-units-to-come-up-in-pune-40152</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/more-garbage-processing-units-to-come-up-in-pune-40152#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=40152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the increasing population, there has been an increase in garbage from every area in Pune. So, to keep this in check, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning to increase the number of garbage processing units across the city. With the existing mechanism, PMC is able to process 70% of the city&#8217;s garbage and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mandur residents get irked as BBMP continues to dump garbage</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandur-residents-get-irked-as-bbmp-continues-to-dump-garbage-36013</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/mandur-residents-get-irked-as-bbmp-continues-to-dump-garbage-36013#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 03:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/news/?p=36013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore- Mandur residents are annoyed as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) continues unsystematic dumping of mixed garbage at the landfill without providing them adequate hea­lth services and drinking water as promised earlier. Residents are exposed to health hazards as the garbage is being dumped unscientifically. Dangerous diseases like dengue, influenza and malaria have become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unhygienic environment of Rock Garden puts off visitors</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/unhygienic-environment-of-rock-garden-puts-off-visitors-35477</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/unhygienic-environment-of-rock-garden-puts-off-visitors-35477#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poonam Das</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chandigarh-  The famous Rock Garden is currently a true example of the false promises made by authorities to provide with best ambiance and facilities. Tourists are welcomed with piles of debris, animals faeces and garbage strewn all over the place, especially in the pathways. For enhancing the beauty of the garden , many interlinked waterfalls and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residents request attention: TNHB stands still</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/residents-request-attention-tnhb-stands-still-34303</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/residents-request-attention-tnhb-stands-still-34303#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coimbatore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coimbatore Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[damaged septic tank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Servants' Residents’ Welfare Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sewage network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TNHB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unhygienic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vacant flats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ward 41]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=34303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coimbatore- The Government Servants’ Residents’ Welfare Association has requested the Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) and the Coimbatore Corporation to get a septic tank cleaned and the pipe that connects it to the Corporation’s sewage network. Though the residents have been seeking help from past few months, none of the civic bodies have responded till [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBMP to capture garbage pictures every morning</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bbmp-to-capture-garbage-pictures-every-morning-34183</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bbmp-to-capture-garbage-pictures-every-morning-34183#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Android phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP portal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garbage crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage management system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health inspectors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jurisdiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Street lights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upload pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=34183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore- Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has directed all its 550 health inspectors and environment engineers to take pictures of uncleared garbage and upload them in the designated folder of BBMP website. For this purpose they have been provided with Android phones too. Only after the high court’s interference with BBMP regarding its inefficient management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KSPCB Chairman meets RWA members to resolve garbage issue</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kspcb-chairman-meets-rwa-members-to-resolve-garbage-issue-33640</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/kspcb-chairman-meets-rwa-members-to-resolve-garbage-issue-33640#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka State Pollution Control Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSPCB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KSPCB Chairman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parisara Bhavan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Registration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resident Welfare Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWA members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWAs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With an agenda of finding a solution to the city&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civic bodies have crossroads</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/civic-bodies-have-crossroads-33376</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/civic-bodies-have-crossroads-33376#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossroads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garbage issue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vikramajit Sen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chennai needs better technology for garbage dump yards</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/chennai-needs-better-technology-for-garbage-dump-yards-33254</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/chennai-needs-better-technology-for-garbage-dump-yards-33254#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chennai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chennai Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping yards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Groundwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kodungaiyur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perungudi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Road construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chennai- The city’s dumping yards- Perungudi and Kodungaiyur- filled with smoke, stench, pollution, illness, dislocation and protest have become a view of distress. The Chennai Corporation is in the final stage of finding a way out to its problem of garbage accumulation. People residing in localities in the vicinity of dumping yards forced the civic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New waste segregation unit in Bangalore</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/new-waste-segregation-unit-in-bangalore-33222</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/new-waste-segregation-unit-in-bangalore-33222#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mathikere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new waste segregation unit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pourakarmikas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resident Welfare Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanitary waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste segregation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste segregation unit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste segregation unit in Mathikere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste segregation units]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slowdown of garbage trucks heaps up backlog</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/slowdown-of-garbage-trucks-heaps-up-backlog-33021</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/slowdown-of-garbage-trucks-heaps-up-backlog-33021#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Poornima</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bingipura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodda Nagamangala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drivers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terra Firma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=33021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deonar residents claim BMC burning excess waste</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/deonar-residents-claim-bmc-burning-excess-waste-32641</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/deonar-residents-claim-bmc-burning-excess-waste-32641#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airports Authority of India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dump yard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping ground]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal solid waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overflowing waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=32641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The residents complained that they are facing health issues as Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) burning excess waste violating rules. However, the BMC has denied the allegation by residents. With no other option in hand, BMC had to shift overflowing waste from Kanjurmarg to Deonar as High Court temporarily banned dumping waste at Kanjumarg after Vanashakti, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protest over polluted Chhath ghats</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/protest-over-polluted-chhath-ghats-32503</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/protest-over-polluted-chhath-ghats-32503#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chhath ghats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage dumping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ghats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polluted ghats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[River banks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=32503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Residents of Patna gathered on roads at Kurji, Digha and Durja to protest against the pathetic condition of the ghats. Less than a week is left for the most popular Hindu festival and the district administration is not taking any action to clean the ghats for the pooja. It seems that the administration has no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avenue Road covered with Diwali garbage leftover</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/avenue-road-covered-with-diwali-garbage-leftover-32486</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/avenue-road-covered-with-diwali-garbage-leftover-32486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avenue Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepavali festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garbage mounds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leftover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shop owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping avenue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=32486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diwali celebrations generate 1,200 metric tonnes waste in Delhi</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/diwali-celebrations-generate-1200-metric-tonnes-waste-in-delhi-32406</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/diwali-celebrations-generate-1200-metric-tonnes-waste-in-delhi-32406#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>praveen.p</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Delhi-NCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crackers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diwali celebrations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diwali waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghazipur landfill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Govardhan Puja]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[increased the waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrappers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=32406</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Compared to the last year&#8217;s Diwali celebrations in Delhi, this year&#8217;s Diwali has increased the waste by about 1,200 tonnes with heaps of crackers, wrappers and  sweet boxes. About 1,000-1,200 metric tonnes of Diwali waste was generated this year according to municipal corporations. Last year&#8217;s Diwali eve had generated about  5,785 tonnes of waste and on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garbage contractors demand protection at landfills</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/garbage-contractors-demand-protection-at-landfills-32186</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/garbage-contractors-demand-protection-at-landfills-32186#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Priyanka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore garbage crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court orders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diwali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage dumping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste dumping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=32186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karnataka state govt rapped by HC over garbage issue</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/karnataka-state-govt-rapped-by-hc-over-garbage-issue-31975</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/karnataka-state-govt-rapped-by-hc-over-garbage-issue-31975#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dipjyoti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP garbage clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garbage dumping bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka High Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka state government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landfill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.commonfloor.com/stories/?p=31975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BMC to launch online system to solve civic problems</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-to-launch-online-system-to-solve-civic-problem-31210</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bmc-to-launch-online-system-to-solve-civic-problem-31210#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Garbage problem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mumbai civic issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mumbai roads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online system]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to simulate online tracking system that is used for the first time for all civic issues. The system helped BMC to ensure the officials and contractors of the road department to meet deadlines and it is expecting to extend this system to other departments as well. The system will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangalore cubed up with festival garbage</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bangalore-cubed-up-with-festival-garbage-31205</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bangalore Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage during puja]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage in Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Villagers protest over garbge dumping, block BBMP trucks</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/villagers-protest-over-garbge-dumping-block-bbmp-trucks-31043</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/villagers-protest-over-garbge-dumping-block-bbmp-trucks-31043#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping yard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Madras Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Angry villagers at the landfill site, of Old Madras Road, near Hoskote, blocked Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara palike (BBMP)  trucks from disposing garbage and refused to heed warnings by the police posted in the village. Since they are left with no option, BBMP would continue dumping waste in Mandur. The garbage crisis took an ugly face in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangalore roads turn into dumpyards</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/bangalore-roads-turn-into-dumpyards-31018</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBMP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping ground]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dumpyards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pourakarmikas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste dumping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste managemnt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bangalore turned into a sprawling landfill with heaps of garbage across the city. Heaps of garbage were found in front of the Legislators&#8217; Home in the vicinity of Vidhana Soudha. Bungalows of ministers, the residence of minister for Kannada and culture Govind Karajol also witnessed piled up thrash. Residents worry that even pourakarmikas kept silent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Within four days garbage crisis will be solved!</title>
		<link>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/within-four-days-garbage-crisis-will-be-solved-31010</link>
		<comments>https://groups.commonfloor.com/news/within-four-days-garbage-crisis-will-be-solved-31010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mainaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangalore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civic Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Municipality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dump yards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping yards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garbage disposal scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garbage issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karnataka government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste disposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waste managemnt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waste segregation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Deputy Chief Minister and city in-charge R. Ashok has stated that the garbage problem will end up in four days following the crank up of  the State Government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). CHief Minister Jagdish Chettar told that government is looking for a permanent solution and five dumping yards have been [...]]]></description>
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