Garbage

In Bangalore, garbage disposal is the biggest poll issue

Bangalore: In the battle for Karnataka, the biggest poll issue for capital Bangalore is not infrastructure or jobs, but garbage disposal. Bangaloreans say they will vote for the party that helps them lose the stink.

Heaps of garbage at almost every street corner are reducing Bangalore to a stink that hasn't gone till now. For the past six months, garbage disposal has been the single-most important issue in the country's IT capital, so much that citizens have had to move the Karnataka High Court to stem the rot.

At the back of it all, was the politics between two MLAs, MLA from Mahadevapura Arvind Limbavli had, for many weeks, tried to score brownie points among his voters by preventing garbage trucks from going to the Mandur landfill in his constituency. But Home Minister R Ashoka insisted that dumping at Mandur be continued until more landfills are identified for where else can 4,000 tonnes of garbage go?

While the two MLAs bickered, the civic infrastructure got trampled and the Opposition Congress hopes to take advantage of that. Congress MLA Krishna Byre Gowda said, "A city like Bangalore that aspires for a global role cannot manage its own garbage. It is a severe slap on the face of Bangaloreans." ...more    

Haryana Assembly passes four bills including Haryana Police (Amendment) Bill

The Haryana Assembly on Monday passed four bills including the setting up of a state-level police recruitment board. The bills are -- Haryana Appropriation Bill, 2013, the Haryana Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Amendment Bill, 2013, the Haryana Police (Amendment) Bill, 2013, and Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2013. ...  

South Pole turning into waste dump

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35,000 bags of garbage collected in Sabarimala clean-up

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Bangalore to get a facelift, courtesy Karnataka polls

Garbage-battered Bangalore, where infrastructure development moves at a snail's space compared to the rapidly increasing human and vehicle population, is in for a facelift as assembly elections are fast approaching. ...  

Bangalore: HC raps civic bodies for garbage dump

Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday pulled up the state government for letting garbage pile up in Bangalore. Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen rapped the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Pollution Control Board for failing to tackle the garbage problem. Justice Vikramjit Sen expressed apprehensions that unless some top officials are taken to task, the rot won't be stemmed. Slamming the government officials for failing...  

Wipro chief Azim Premji takes on garbage mess in Bangalore

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B'lore: Azim Premji hauls up BBMP over piling garbage

Bangalore: Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has raised a stink over Bangalore's garbage crisis, that is worsening by the day, and slammed the city's civic body, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Trash has been piling up at several places across the city for the past two months as the municipal body struggles to clear it away. Premji's criticism comes two days after the embarrassed state government was forced to take action...  

Bangalore garbage crisis: City image takes a hit

Bangalore: The IT city is slowly becoming the garbage city and even the New York Times has reported about the falling hygiene standards here. For more than two months now city authorities have failed to sort out the garbage mess. Under fire, the corporation has now approved Rs 300 crore sold waste disposal contracts and plans to purchase 400 acres of land for waste disposal in the outskirts. But not...  

B'lore administration wakes up to the garbage menace

Bangalore: The Karnataka government has finally begun moving mounds of garbage from Bangalore in a measure to make the city clean. After a massive public outcry, the garbage in the garden city is finally being collected but this is just a temporary arrangement as the landfill is expected to be closed by the end of the week. For nearly two months, the Bangalore administration has been struggling to clear the...  

B'lore struggling with its growing pile of garbage

Bangalore: Bangalore, once known as the Garden City, its residents now mockingly refer to it as garbage city, and with good reason. The city is struggling with its growing pile of daily waste, a whopping 5000 tonnes and there is no space to dump it. It's a problem that has been raising a stink in Bangalore for the past two months. The IT city is struggling with growing piles of...  

Bangalore: Deadline for garbage segregation nears

Bangalore: The issue of mandatory segregation of garbage at source from October 1 has been keeping the officials of BBMP on tenterhooks. Of late, many initiatives have been taken by BBMP to popularise the segregation of waste at source generating awareness among public. But, it is also creating confusion among authorities. Since September 17, all corporators, environment and health officers are being shown documentaries pertaining to segregation of waste at...  

Bangalore: No 'takers' in Council for new garbage by-law

Bangalore: With only a few days left to implement the new rule - compulsory segregation of waste at source - councillors, seemed to be disinterested in passing the new garbage bylaw in the council. At a special meeting held on Friday to discuss the new garbage by-law, councillors seemed to be more interested in opposing the garbage tender that was floated on Tuesday midnight. Ruling party leader Nagaraju alleged that...  

T'puram: Vilappilsala residents to intensify stir

Thiruvananthapuram: Vilappilsala residents have decided to strengthen their agitation against the solid waste treatment plant of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. As part of the efforts to ensure better participation, the residents associations and traders too have decided to join the agitation. A meeting was held at Vilappilsala on Monday in this regard with the participation of all organisations and political parties in the panchayat. Vilappilsala panchayat member George Kutty said that...  

After garbage menace, B'lore deals with potholes

Bangalore: After the garbage menace in Bangalore, residents are now dealing with a pothole crisis. There has been nearly a 200 per cent increase in potholes in just one year. Bangalore may be the leader in the information highway, but when it comes to its roads, it's a sorry story. Recent road statistics show potholes in the city have increased by nearly 200 per cent in one year. The city...  

Thiruvananthapuram: Parassala too says 'no' to city waste

Thiruvananthapuram: The Parasssala Grama Panchayat has said an emphatic no to the Thiruvananthapuram Corporations plans to cart city wastes to the panchayat limits. The grama panchayat will not support any move that would prove hazardous to public health, panchayat president T K Sarojini said. On Monday, Sarojini issued a statement in this regard. The people are asking us why should we let the city dump its waste here. We are...  

Bangalore: Many more Mavallipuras in the making?

Bangalore: The newly appointed Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner, Rajneesh Goel's strict instructions to clear the garbage in the city and dump it in Mandur landfill has again brought the issue of landfills and the area's vulnerability to fore. Like Mandur and Mavallipura, there are many landfills in the city, which are facing serious health concerns in the vicinity and one such place is near Vrishabhavathi river in the...  

Bangalore: No quick fix in sight for garbage problem

Bangalore: Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy said on Thursday that the BBMP needs at least three to six months to solve the garbage crisis in the city. Speaking to reporters, he said the civic body is taking all steps to clear the garbage piling up across the city. "We are setting up biomethane plants in 16 out of the total 198 wards. Tenders have been finalised and the work order has...  

Bangalore: BBMP passes buck, stench from muck fills air

Bangalore: Residents of various parts of the city were forced to bear the stink emanating from uncleared garbage on Wednesday. The BBMP had promised to clear the garbage before Monday. However, it failed to meet its own deadline and garbage continued to pile up across the city. Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy had set a 72 hour deadline to clear nearly 7,500 tonnes of garbage last week.The garbage had accumulated all...