JOIN USBBMP to stage plays on garbage
Determined to get segregation of garbage at source working within the next two months, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to take the infotainment route to educate the masses.
Street plays and dance on the garbage theme are also among a slew of measures taken by the BBMP to promote scientific disposal of garbage at the local level.
Huge piles of garbage in the City have forced the BBMP to urgently find ways to introduce segregation at sources.
To achieve its objective, the Palike will take the help of voluntary organisations that had executed such projects for it in the past.
At a meeting held on Saturday, BBMP Commissioner Rajneesh Goel drew attention to the key role of the media, NGOs, residents’ welfare associations and women’s self-help groups for its success.
The scheme will be implemented within two months. Goel said the BBMP will use radio, TV channels, handbills and newspapers to educate the people about the importance of segregating at source garbage into biodegradable and non-biodegradable.
The commissioner also made it clear to the joint commissioners of the eight BBMP zones that failure of the scheme will earn them his wrath.
Besides segregation-at-source, segregation centres in the wards, priority to the firms coming out with end-to-end solution for garbage disposal and rewarding the individuals, wards and zones for best practices in handling waste are some of the measures the BBMP is banking on.
The Palike has the infrastructure to set up segregation units in 66 wards in the City. It wants to operationalise them shortly and start such units in other wards too.
For segregating garbage at source, families would have to keep three garbage bins at home - for dumping wet waste or the kitchen waste, dry waste and polythene bags separately.
According to an estimate by the Citizens’ Action Forum, segregated garbage at source would reduce the burden on the landfills by almost 70 to 80 per cent with no hazard to health or environment.