Barring a few upmarket areas and some residential localities, most areas, especially the newly developed layouts, hardly have any effective system for garbage management.
Once considered the cleanest city in the country, Bangalore today is a shadow of its past with piles of garbage scattered any which way you look.
Barring a few upmarket areas and some residential localities, most areas, especially the newly developed layouts, hardly have any effective system for garbage management.
Blamed When Deccan Herald visited some new localities and spoke to residents, the problem topped their list of grievances as they blamed civic authorities for not coming up with an effective waste disposal system despite repeated pleas.
Most residents appeared not to follow any particular waste disposal system and nowhere do they segregate the waste before disposal.
Wastes of all types, be it kitchen leftovers or dry waste, are all packed in plastic bags and deposited in the open, from which point they are not collected on a regular basis, they say.
Proof: The piles of stinking refuse at Nrupathunganagar, JP Nagar 8th Phase, all over the locality. Reason: No door-to-door garbage collection system.
Residents complain the piles of garbage scattered on MSR City Link Road have not been cleared for 10 days despite complaints.
“The civic authorities are concerned about hygiene and stuff only during VIP visits when they ensure the entire locality is cleaned up and the garbage removed. Otherwise, they couldn’t care less,” says Anantha Padmanabha N, Secretary, Nrupathunganagar Welfare Association.
Vijay Kumar, of the same locality, says health hazards posed by the pile-up are hardly given serious thought to. “Health inspectors are not coordinating and taking any action against those who are responsible for this mess.”
Different tale
In BTM Layout, residents have an altogether different tale to narrate as they complained the scavengers do not collect the waste if not paid.
“From each house, they collect Rs 50 every month to clear the waste and about Rs 400 for apartments,“ says Ram Singh, a resident of BTM Layout II Stage.
Though upmarket areas have their own methods to collect and dispose of the garbage, residents of these areas complain the lack of effective management of wastes is a major cause for concern to them.
“In some of the slum areas in Jayanagar, garbage is not cleared regularly. As the authorities concerned are not doing anything to tackle this menace, we will shortly organise an interaction session in this regard and educate the citizens,” says Keshavkumar N, President of the Jay-anagar Residents Welfare Civic and Cultural Association.
