The Hindu 18.02.2013
Garbage: a weighty issue for the BBMP now
As if solving the garbage crisis was not tough enough,
the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is now facing another
challenge: of correctly weighing the solid waste generated in the city.
So
far, the BBMP had been claiming that around 4,000 tonnes of garbage was
generated in the city every day. With the garbage weighing exercise
under way, it seems that the BBMP’s approximation was less. According to
sources in the BBMP, the weight of the garbage has been varying between
3,200 tonnes and 3,800 tonnes.
Following directions
from the High Court of Karnataka, the BBMP has taken up the garbage
weighing exercise. A senior official said that garbage weighing was
being taken up at Doddaballapura, Mandur and Mavallipura.
While
stating that the quantum of garbage cannot be constant, the official
said that there may be several reasons for the fluctuations in weight.
After
the High Court directed the BBMP to weigh the garbage, there was a
proposal to procure at least five or six weighing machines. However, the
sources said that BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah rejected the proposal
given the civic body’s precarious financial condition.
Mr. Siddaiah told
The Hindu
that he had issued directions to officials to use private weighbridges.
He said that there were a few unused weighing machines at Mandur. He
said that he had directed the officials to shift these machines to other
landfills in Bingipura and Lakshmipura.