Landfill
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 [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has at last determined to take up the task of resolving garbage issue following the directions of the court. BBMP Commissioner has issued a memo listing officers who have to follow up with the court’s directions and ascertain that everything is done accordingly and within the given time. [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- A new temporary landfill for dumping wet waste has been identified and approved by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). Being located in Chikkanagamangala village of Sarjapura hobli in the outskirts of Bangalore, the new landfill covers an area of around 94 acres, which will be the destination to dump 2,500-3,000 tonnes of [...] Continue Reading »
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 »
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is facing residents’ agitation against the garbage disposal in the Mavallipura locality and wants Palike to shut down the garbage dump yard in the area. The villagers staged protest and prevented garbage dumping into the landfill. Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy has agreed to visit Mavallipura on Thursday. Health risk is [...] Continue Reading »
Environment Support Group and residents of Mavallipura demanded closure of landfill at Mavallipura citing serious pollution and its impact on the health of its residents. Recently Akshay Kumar, a 15 year old boy, died of dengue on Friday morning at Mavallipura, Yelahanka Hobli. Akshay’s untimely death is the tragic outcome of reckless dumping of hundreds [...] Continue Reading »
