<p>With almost all landfills on the outskirts of the City closing their doors to the City’s refuse, BBMP had banked on its land on Bannerghatta Road to be utilised as a dumping yard.<br /><br /></p>.<p>But what seems to have escaped the minds of the BBMP top brass is that the land is adjacent to the Bannerghatta national forest and is declared an elephant corridor. <br /><br />Senior Palike officials told Deccan Herald that BBMP’s plans of converting the land into a dumping yard will directly conflict with the elephant corridor and thus lack legal sanction.<br /><br />Blind eye<br /><br />According to officials, the Palike, turning a blind eye to this fact, is all set to issue an order for converting the 200 acres of land into a dumping yard.<br /><br />Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy had announced on Tuesday that BBMP will utilise 200 acres of land on Bannerghatta Road as a dumping yard.</p>
<p>With almost all landfills on the outskirts of the City closing their doors to the City’s refuse, BBMP had banked on its land on Bannerghatta Road to be utilised as a dumping yard.<br /><br /></p>.<p>But what seems to have escaped the minds of the BBMP top brass is that the land is adjacent to the Bannerghatta national forest and is declared an elephant corridor. <br /><br />Senior Palike officials told Deccan Herald that BBMP’s plans of converting the land into a dumping yard will directly conflict with the elephant corridor and thus lack legal sanction.<br /><br />Blind eye<br /><br />According to officials, the Palike, turning a blind eye to this fact, is all set to issue an order for converting the 200 acres of land into a dumping yard.<br /><br />Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy had announced on Tuesday that BBMP will utilise 200 acres of land on Bannerghatta Road as a dumping yard.</p>
