Garbage
The ‘Garden City’ residents are waiting to see when the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will wake up to their plight and takes some remedial action against garbage that is piling up in Bangalore as the contractors are not bothered to collect it. The communities, who live around Mavallipura, where the city’s garbage was dumped [...] Continue Reading »
The condition of Victoria Road in Bangalore city is in pathetic condition causing problem to patients coming to Victoria hospital and to the Majestic-bound motorists from Ulsoor, Viveknagar and other areas. The BBMP authorities, who create a lot of fuss whenever a house owner digs road for water or electricity connection, are not taking any [...] Continue Reading »
Bandipora, a north Kashmir town has been turned into a garbage dump with heaps of garbage present on the roadside in many wards including the main market. Locals said that traders and municipality employees dump garbage and as a result foul smell emanates from the garbage which makes movement of pedestrians difficult. Residents of ward [...] Continue Reading »
Representatives of the Kochu Veli Janakeeya Samithi said they would stage a sit-in in front of the railway station as the garbage from the city was being used for a platform construction project. The action council formed at Kochuveli in protest against the disposal of garbage at the railway station has decided to block garbage [...] Continue Reading »
Wild plants and weeds growing on vacant sites in residential areas in Hassan is becoming an eyesore and helping breeding of mosquitoes and other insects and reptiles. The vacant sites in these areas are becoming dumping places for garbage. Even though garbage bins overflow due to irregular clearance, these vacant sites outclass them for their [...] Continue Reading »
Due to opposition from locals, the Pune Municipal Corporation‘s (PMC) efforts to decentralise garbage processing has halted with the state and civic body failing to acquire land to set up the processing units. A civic official said, the civic body had forwarded 17 land acquisition proposals to the district collector and some were finalised by the state [...] Continue Reading »
Those were the days when Vasant Kunj residents used to sight nilgai, deer, and wild hare easily in the 600-acre kikar forest. Now, with the rising urbanization and increase in population, one can only see traffic, mounds of construction rubble and garbage. The Rajokri forest, which used to be a forest reserve, now has become [...] Continue Reading »
The conditions of footpaths in Bangalore are turning from bad to worse wit the days progressing. The footpaths in Bangalore city are either filled with debris, garbage, illegal encroachment, huts, petty shops or construction materials. This is even much better when compared to several areas where the footpaths are not yet constructed and is left [...] Continue Reading »
The ditches which lie open and uncovered in Kalidasa Nagar in Hosakerehalli, Bangalore are a threat to the residents. These ditches are lying as it is from past two decades when the authority was transferred from BDA to BBMP. The ditches which lie there have been dug up but has not been covered with slabs. [...] Continue Reading »
Some of the most developed parts in Nashik is witnessing unpleasant views due to garbage. These localities include Mahatma Nagar and areas along Gangapur Road and College Road in Nashik West. The residents in the apartments in Nashik complaint that garbage collection vans show up irregularly and many complaints regarding the same has been made. [...] Continue Reading »
