Bangalore : The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s elaborate action plan to address the garbage problem is scheduled to get under way on Thursday.
As a first step, BBMP will issue a notification asking citizens to mandatorily segregate garbage at source from October 1. This means you must separate dry and wet waste, and hand it over, separately, to pourakarmikas who turn up at your doorstep for collection.
Wet waste will be collected daily, and dry waste on a weekly basis. Wet waste will be sent to landfills and processed to generate electricity. Dry waste will be sent to ward-level collection centres where recyclables will be salvaged and the rest disposed of.
Now on, said BBMP commissioner Rajneesh Goel, a penalty will also kick in. Pourakarmikas will not pick up mixed waste from doorsteps. Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy said such a move will pressure citizens to begin segregation at home.
Under the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, there is provision to levy only Rs 10 as penalty; but the Municipal Solid Waste Rules, 2001, allow slapping of hefty fines. The high court recently directed the BBMP to levy a penalty of Rs 100 if people fail to segregate waste at source.
The BBMP’s notification will be the first of a nine-step action plan to be rolled out on the Sakala model — with a deadline set for every programme on solid waste management.
Failure to meet the deadline could result in officials coughing up fines to compensate the aggrieved.-Times of India