Nearly 1,500 tonnes of garbage generated in the city are being segregated and processed in the new solid waste processing units set up at different locations in the city, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) told the High Court on Friday.
Also, the existing processing unit would be able to increase their process capacity to another 950 tonnes of garbage in segregated form by the end of December, BBMP Commissioner Kumar Naik G. said.
To a query by the Bench about another 1,500 tonnes of garbage that remains in non-segregated form, the commissioner said that the hurdle for setting up another processing unit has been removed with the High Court staying the restriction imposed by the National Green Tribunal and the situation would improve once all the units would start processing garbage to their maximum capacity.
Meanwhile, Justice N. Kumar wanted to know whether pourakarmikas engaged in garbage collection process are really working on the field or they have “employed” someone else to do their work.
Mr. Naik said that the BBMP is planning to introduce bio-metric attendance system. However, Justice Kumar said that bio-metric system too can be misused as person on the rolls can come only for recording bio-metric attendance and another one can work in the field.
Meanwhile, some residents of Mavallipura complained to the Bench that the BBMP has not fulfilled the promises like providing proper treatment to patients, providing mosquito nets, etc to the residents who have been suffering due to ill-effects landfills from several years.
