Projects to clear BBMP landfills' accumulated waste
When the garbage crisis reared its head in September last, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) drew up some ambitious plans, which remain on paper many months later. According to BBMP...
View ArticleMad rush to pay property tax at BBMP centres
A mad rush was witnessed at most of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) tax collection centres on Thursday as people lined up before the tax counters to...
View ArticleMosquitoes bypass BBMP
Bengaluru: Cases of dengue are being reported even in posh localities such as RMV Extension, Koramangala, Indiranagar and Jayanagar where mosquitoes have been proliferating. The Bruhat Bengaluru...
View ArticleResidents set garbage truck on fire
A garbage truck belonging to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike that was parked illegally at Gorguntepalya late on Sunday night was set on fire by a few residents. The police informed the...
View ArticleUnofficial garbage tax bites citizens in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: For residents of 20 apartments in Silverwood Enclave in Tatanagar, it has been a miserable three weeks. Garbage collection was irregular here and it finally came to a standstill hree days...
View ArticleVillagers lock up BBMP commissioner in waste plant
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner G Kumar Naik on Tuesday found himself confined to the Kannahalli garbage processing facility on Magadi Road as agitated local villagers locked up...
View ArticleBBMP seeks powers to arrest litterbugs
BENGALURU: If you are in the habit of surreptitiously dropping off bags of garbage at the street corner, look out! Garbage police are on the prowl, ready with handcuffs. It may sound farfetched, but...
View ArticlePalike dry waste collection centres remain unutilised
People too lazy to hand over dry waste though they get paid: Operators Though the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has set up Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) in Palike wards, most of them...
View ArticleBBMP seeks powers to arrest litterbugs
BENGALURU: If you are in the habit of surreptitiously dropping off bags of garbage at the street corner, look out! Garbage police are on the prowl, ready with handcuffs. It may sound farfetched, but...
View ArticlePalike dry waste collection centres remain unutilised
People too lazy to hand over dry waste though they get paid: Operators Though the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has set up Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) in Palike wards, most of them...
View ArticleIllegal posters mock BBMP right on its doorstep
Elected reps violators; Palike vows to 'mercilessly' remove them Thousands of illegal posters, banners and flex boards defacing the City’s beauty lay bare the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s...
View ArticleBBMP forest cell bags Sparrow Award
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Forest Cell and its volunteers will be honoured with Wipro - Nature Forever Society Sparrow Awards on the occasion of World Sparrow Day on Friday. The cell has...
View ArticleWaste dumped for 200 mtrs on KR Puram flyover
BBMP sees 'attempt' by garbage mafia to dent City's image A day after the Clean India survey began across the country, garbage was found dumped for almost 200 metres on the KR Puram flyover in eastern...
View ArticleGarbage dumped on K.R. Puram bridge
An unusual sight awaited commuters taking the K.R. Puram cable-stayed bridge on Wednesday — mixed waste dumped by the side of the road. They immediately informed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike...
View ArticleBruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike plans ways to mint money from mounting waste
BENGALURU: Garbage and its inefficient disposal have always been a mounting worry for Bengalureans. Realizing the yet-to-be-tapped potential of the 'new-age gold', the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara...
View ArticleThis 'scientific' waste disposal really takes the cake
Despite HC order, BBMP yet to stop segregation by civic workers The “scientific” system of garbage disposal adopted by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Subramanyapura in southern...
View ArticleBBMP forest cell bags Sparrow Award
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike Forest Cell and its volunteers will be honoured with Wipro - Nature Forever Society Sparrow Awards on the occasion of World Sparrow Day on Friday. The cell has...
View Article'Mr CM, come here and see how we live amid stinking trash'
Agitating villagers reject request to meet Siddu, want him to visit instead There seems to be no immediate solution to Bengaluru’s garbage problem as villagers living near the two waste-processing...
View ArticleBBMP seeks powers to arrest litterbugs
BENGALURU: If you are in the habit of surreptitiously dropping off bags of garbage at the street corner, look out! Garbage police are on the prowl, ready with handcuffs. It may sound farfetched, but...
View Article'Mr CM, come here and see how we live amid stinking trash'
Agitating villagers reject request to meet Siddu, want him to visit instead There seems to be no immediate solution to Bengaluru’s garbage problem as villagers living near the two waste-processing...
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