Though Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to stop dumping of garbage at Mandur, residents will continue to keep vigil till month-end.
The communities living around Mandur have been keeping a night vigil outside the landfill since the time BBMP agreed to stop dumping from December 1. Even as BBMP scaled down the number of trucks arriving at the landfill every month, a team of 150 village residents have been keeping a watch on the number of trucks dumping garbage at the landfill at night.
Gopal Rao, a resident, told The Hindu that while the communities had heaved a sigh of relief, they will continue to keep a watch till the end of the month. “We will organise a fest in the village in December. We will invite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as well. The date will be fixed depending on Mr. Siddaramaiah’s availability,” he said.
Meanwhile, BBMP has taken steps to divert the garbage to the other processing units. Darpan Jain, BBMP’s Special Commissioner (Solid Waste Management), said that around 100 tonnes of city’s waste is being sent to Mavallipura from Thursday. “Garbage is also being sent to processing units in Kudlu (Karnataka Compost Development Corporation) and Doddaballapur (Maltose, Terra Firma and MSGP). Dry waste is being collected and recycled at the dry waste collection centres, while some quantity of wet waste is being sent to 15 piggeries empanelled with the BBMP,” he said.
Renewed emphasis will now be placed on segregation of waste at source. “That is the core objective and all the facilities are being created around it,” he said.
