The Hindu 24.03.2013
BBMP to lease land to bulk generators
Though the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is
struggling to get a grip on solid waste management, it is attempting to
get bulk generators to process the waste they generate. The civic
authority is now considering leasing five acres of land each in three or
four places in the city to the Bruhat Bangalore Hotels’ Association to
set up processing units.
According to estimates, bulk
generators, which include hotels and marriage halls, generate around
1,000 tonnes of garbage a day. By getting them to process the waste
themselves, the BBMP contends that the pressure on the landfills will
come down, albeit by a small extent.
Firms interested
BBMP
sources said several rounds of discussions had taken place with the
bulk generators. After the BBMP fixed the responsibility of processing
the waste they generate on the bulk generators, several firms are learnt
to have approached them offering solutions.
“The
association was willing to spend around 50 paise to 75 paise to process a
kg of garbage. However, the agencies that came forward wanted more. The
BBMP intervened and got the association to agree to spending 90 paise a
kg. One agency has evinced interest; it is now up to the association to
negotiate with the agency, fix the conditions and come to an
agreement,” a source said.
On the outskirts
Another highly placed source told
The Hindu
that the association wanted land in different directions of the city.
The BBMP has tentatively identified land in Anjanapura,
Chikkanagamangala, Kudlu and Bidadi. “The association will be
responsible for setting up the processing plants. The BBMP will continue
to have primary ownership over the land and will only lease it to the
association.”
The source added that the association would also be responsible for collecting, transporting and processing the waste.
Last
month, the hotels’ association had committed itself to joining hands
with the BBMP to solve the garbage crisis that had overwhelmed the city
not too long ago.