The Hindu     05.09.2012

Closure notice served on plastic making unit

Days after the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
Council resolved to implement a 100 per cent ban on use and manufacture
of plastic, the civic body officials seized plastic that is less than
40 microns in thickness.

According to a press release
here on Monday, health officials from the BBMP’s south zone issued
closure notice to a plastic manufacturing unit that was operating
without requisite licences and permission.

The
officials also raided several shops in Vijayanagar, Basavanagudi,
Padmanabhanagar, BTM Layout, Jayanagar and Chickpet and seized plastic
covers weighing nearly 118 kg that were less than 40 microns in
thickness and levied a fine against the shopkeepers and traders.

Following
the High Court of Karnataka’s directive to the BBMP to remove flexes,
banners, buntings and cut-outs that disfigure public spaces, BBMP teams
have initiated action in all the eight zones. A release said the
officials of the west zone removed unauthorised banners, buntings and
other publicity material in 2nd, 4th and 6th blocks of Rajajinagar,
Dasarahalli, Moodalapalya, Chandra Layout and Nagarbhavi.

Meanwhile,
BBMP Commissioner Rajneesh Goel has instructed the revenue officials to
maintain demand, collection, balance registers to keep tab on the
property tax collections in their jurisdictions and issue notices to
citizens who have failed to pay tax.

He inspected
Yelahanka zone and directed the officials to keep tab on the progress of
works and ensure that they (works) are completed in time.

He
also inspected the solid waste management in Yelahanka and
Byatarayanapura Assembly constituencies, including the waste processing
unit at Yelahanka that has shut down. He directed the officials to
reopen the unit that can process 20 tonnes of waste. Mr. Goel has said
that segregation at source would be made mandatory.

The
66 segregation units would become operational soon. He said that he
would soon meet the associations of a few multi-storeyed apartment
complexes to urge them to set up a segregation point and waste
processing unit within their premises.

MLAs S.R.
Vishwanath and Krishna Byre Gowda urged the commissioner to look into
the issue of a controversial road via the Gandhi Krishi Vignan Kendra
(GKVK). They said that the road development work that had stopped midway
must resume soon, as it will help the public.