Deccan Herald 02.09.2012
Pile-up of tonnes of garbage in Bangalore all set to be cleared
Bangalore,
The pile-up of thousands of tonnes of garbage
in the city are expected to be cleared by tomorrow, sources in the
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (city corporation) said today.
in the city are expected to be cleared by tomorrow, sources in the
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (city corporation) said today.
The Mandur landfill on the city outskirts had been reopened for dumping
from Friday night and BBMP officials have promised to clear the garbage
in three days.
The residents in and around Mandur urged the Chief
Minister to shift the landfill elsewhere within three months, during a
meeting with him last Thursday and agreed to allow dumping there for a
month.Bangalore generates 4000-5000 tonnes of garbage daily.
Apart
from Mandur, the garbage was being dumped in Mavallipura and
Belamangala. The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board had recently
ordered closure of the Mavallipura dump-yard, while the Mandur and
Belamangala ones also had to be closed because of protests by villagers.