The Hindu    04.09.2012

Plastic seized; closure notice issued to manufacturing 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.

Removed

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.