The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed BBMP commissioner H
Siddaiah to submit reports of the expert committee headed by him and the
technical committee headed by the Chief Engineer which were constituted
to look into the garbage problem in the City.

A special division
bench comprising of Justice N Kumar and Justice B V Nagarathna, which
was constituted to hear the case, passed the directions on a bunch of
PILs seeking direction to the state government and BBMP to take steps to
solve the garbage problem in the city.

The Bench said, “The
expert committee was constituted six months ago and the technical
committee had been constituted four months ago, but both did not submit
their report. If you cannot submit a report, how can the court pass
directions?”

Counsel representing the BBMP said that the BBMP
officers were busy with elections and sought more time to file a report.
The Bench directed the BBMP commissioner to submit both reports by the
next date of hearing and adjourned the case till May 27.

The bench
pointed out that BBMP will have to take steps to set up waste
processing units for effective and scientific disposal of garbage.

Meanwhile,
Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has submitted its
report on the status of municipal solid waste processing and disposal in
BBMP areas. It stated that it found serious violation and unscientific
disposal of solid waste in all the BBMP-identified landfills and
processing units.