Mavallipura
Ramky Group came under fire from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). BBMP Mayor Venkatesh Murthy has committed to initiate criminal action against the Ramky group for serious violations of contractual obligations. The violations include non-compliance with various environmental and social standards and for contaminating soil and water in Mavallipura and surrounding villages. The mayor conceded [...] 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 »
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 Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) budget session was committed to Ramky Environ, which manages the Mavallipura dumping yard. Opposition leader MK Gunashekar questioned the mayor that why the ruling party was protecting Ramky’ engineers who were responsible for water and air pollution in the area and surrounding villages. Gunashekar accused Ramky of polluting the [...] 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 »
