Representative image of garbage collection.
Credit: DH File Photo
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday inaugurated Bengaluru's second mechanised waste transfer station at Chalavadipalya in the Chamarajpet assembly constituency where auto tippers will shift garbage to capsule-shape trucks.
The facility aims to put an end to the ongoing practice of transferring waste to large vehicles on the roadside.
This is one of the three waste transfer stations established at a total cost of Rs 40 crore. The first such station was established in Ejipura. Another station is under construction in HBR Layout under the Sarvagna Nagar assembly constituency.
Each station is capable of transferring 150-200 metric tonnes of waste, officials said.
BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath said there was a proposal to build one plant in each of the 27 assembly constituencies in Bengaluru. He added that funds had already been earmarked for three more stations, but their locations had not yet been finalised.
At the Chalavadipalya transfer station, the BBMP has also established an automatic waste segregation unit to segregate wet and dry waste.
However, Girinath said that not all stations would have segregation facilities, but only those in areas where waste segregation at source was low, especially near slums.