Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s garbage-free wards initiative on July 24. For all the 22 wards identified. Palike has appointed nodal officers and Commissioner M Lakshminarayana is one of them.

A press release issued by the BBMP said that the Commissioner, who held a review meeting on Thursday, had directed officials to follow certain guidelines to make wards garbage-free.

He also held meeting with garbage contractors, organisations that handle Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCC), solid waste management experts, scrap dealers and plastic buyers. The Commissioner told contractors to train pourakarmikas and direct them not to collect mixed waste from households. He directed contractors to transport dry waste to DWCCs and wet waste to Karnataka Compost Development Corporation. He also directed them to clean up the area thoroughly after transporting waste from auto tippers to lorries.

The Commissioner also directed agencies that are maintaining DWCCs, to provide dry waste to the scrap dealers concerned.

Nodal officers have been appointed for all the 22 wards who will inspect garbage collection, DWCC and other garbage disposal system in their wards. Apart from this, a third-party audit will be done to check the garbage clearance status at all these wards.

Third-party committee will comprise members from Resident Welfare Association, NGOs and other volunteers. If garbage is not cleared by contractors, their licence will be cancelled, the Commissioner warned.