Uncleared garbage: two engineers suspended
Two engineers have been suspended, while a executive engineer has been issued a show-cause notice for their failure to clear garbage in Bengaluru south where, over the past week, the number of black...
View ArticleNow, Veerananjipura residents warn of protest against dumping of trash
Residents of Veerananjipura in Nelamangala taluk are a frustrated lot. They angry with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for indiscriminately dumping waste in their village. When at least...
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 ArticleNorth Bengaluru hotels shut their kitchens
BENGALURU: Beginning Saturday, nearly 100 eateries and chicken stalls in Bengaluru North will shut shop up to February 23 to ensure that its smooth sailing for Aero India. BBMP has issued notices to...
View ArticleBBMP issues new tenders for garbage collection, disposal
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has said that it is no longer willing to be wholly dependent on garbage contractors, and that it is building up its own set of workers and machinery as a...
View ArticleGarbage woes: Minister gives one month deadline for new processing units
BENGALURU: Bengaluru Development Minister KJ George has set a deadline of one month to ensure that the new garbage processing units worked to the optimum capacity with full...
View ArticleAbandoned landfill sites to make way for tree parks
The abandoned quarry garbage dump sites, on the outskirts of the city, will soon be turned into the much-needed green cover. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) is developing tree parks on these...
View ArticleTo save a lake, BBMP digs a trench around it
Officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) have deployed a time-tested battle strategy to stop waste from entering Kundalahalli lake in the city — they cut deep trenches to block all...
View ArticleBBMP looks to eliminate contractors
There seems no end in sight to the city’s garbage woes. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is besieged with a fresh problem with the new garbage disposal tenders failing to attract bidders...
View Article'Retired HC judge to probe irregularities in BBMP'
A panel headed by a retired high court judge will look into the irregularities in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike as pointed out by the Kataria Committee, Bengaluru Development Minister K J...
View ArticleTraders clean filthy streets, but BBMP takes credit
Having fed up with the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) apathy towards clearing mounds of garbage in the last few days, shopkeepers in and around Majestic took up the task of clearing the...
View ArticleVillages won't take rubbish, City stares at garbage crisis
Kannahalli, Seegehalli processing units have stopped receiving waste The city may face a garbage crisis again as waste processing units at Kannahalli and Seegehalli on Magadi Road have stopped...
View ArticleViolence adds to Bengaluru’s garbage woes
Garbage collection and its disposal in several parts of the city were disrupted for two days following Monday’s violence over the Cauvery row. With garbage lorries not in a position to...
View ArticleVolunteers face trouble for cleaning BBMP school
Instead of being applauded, a group of 60 volunteers, who took it on themselves to paint and clean a school run by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in Malleswaram, are now facing trouble...
View ArticleCitizens suggest ideas on effective garbage management
Proving that garbage remains one of the primary issues, more than 40 members from residents’ associations and citizens’ groups across the city attended an interaction with Sarfaraz Khan, Joint...
View ArticleIndiranagar residents see garbage dumping as a retaliatory act
Sneha Nandihal’s mother, over 80 years old, was sitting in the living room of their home in Indiranagar with the main door open on Friday morning, when garbage was flung randomly into their compound. A...
View ArticleHow hygienic is your favourite eatery?
“We found a cockroach in our food!” says an online review of a well-known restaurant in the city. There are similar complaints of people finding unpleasant surprises in their food when they eat out....
View ArticleWaste dumped at house in 'revenge' for owner's garbage activism
On Friday morning, Indiranagar resident Sneha Nandihal’s front yard turned into a junk pile as trespassers brought three loads of garbage in an auto-rickshaw and dumped it into her compound. Only...
View ArticleBBMP to involve residential associations to reduce black spots
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Waste Management Department will be involving neighbourhood and residential associations to help reduce black spots in the city. There...
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...
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