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BBMP plans to manage city’s garbage

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The New Indian Express  06.10.2010

BBMP plans to manage city’s garbage

Mayor S K Nataraj, BBMP Commissioner SIddaiah and other officials visit a site at Anekal to set up a solid-waste management plant.

BANGALORE: To manage solid waste, the city corporation is considering the possibility of setting up a waste segregation and processing unit in the city outskirts.

Mayor S K Nataraj, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Siddaiah and other officials visited Anekal in Bangalore Rural district to inspect the 20acre site, where the proposed waste management units will come up. Also, the team visited K R Market and inspected the place to explore the possibility to set up a wetwaste segregation and processing unit there. The BBMP is considering the option to generate biogas from the waste.

Managing solid waste has become a challenge for the BBMP, what with the city generating around 3,000 tonnes of it daily.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 October 2010 11:31