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.