The Hindu       24.09.2014    

Government offices not segregating waste at source

A majority of the government offices in the city are not segregating waste at source, the norm that the BBMP introduced more than a year ago. This aspect was brought to the notice of the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday during the hearing of a batch of PIL petitions on the city’s garbage problem.

One of the members of BBMP’s expert committee on Municipal Solid Waste Management told a division bench comprising Justice N. Kumar and Justice B.V. Nagarathna that heads of all the departments should be asked to ensure that garbage is segregated as per the norm. BBMP Special Commissioner for Solid Waste Management Darpan Jain told the court that he would hold a discussion on the issue with all the heads of the departments.

Meanwhile, the Bench stayed the proceedings initiated by the Upalokayukta on a complaint against establishment of a waste processing unit on a civic amenity site in BDA layout at BSK 6th Stage. Since the High Court is already monitoring the waste-related issues, the Bench said any order by any other authority would result in conflict and asked BBMP to inform persons aggrieved of setting up of waste processing units to directly approach the HC.