The commissioner of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has warned stringent action against engineers who fail to efficiently monitor the garbage disposal system in the City.

During his tour of the City on Sunday, Palike Commissioner Lakshminarayana ordered the immediate clearing of garbage dumped at a vacant site next to Basava Samithi on Sankey Road. He ordered suspension of Jayakumar, the assistant engineer, for dereliction of duty.

The joint commissioner of Yelahanka zone was asked to begin garbage segregation since dry waste collection centres have been set up in 11 wards of the zone. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy and Union Minister Veerappa Moily were present during the inspection at Mavallipura.