<p>The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will install trash barriers at Challaghatta and Vrishabhavathi valleys to filter the solid waste.</p>.<p>Taking a cue from a similar plan at Cooum River in Chennai, the corporation officials have decided to undertake the project on a pilot basis. Four floating trash barriers will be installed, two each in Challaghatta and Vrishabhavathi valleys.</p>.<p>“This barrier will help in arresting the floating solid waste and will also prevent the waste choking the bridge structures in stormwater drains (SWDs),” said BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad.</p>.<p>The collected waste will be sent to the ward level disposal unit daily he added.</p>.<p>“The choking of SWDs a big headache for us as there is no one to check the dumping of garbage in SWDs. This is<br />one of the measures to curb</p>.<p>the garbage menace in the SWDs,” said a senior BBMP official.</p>.<p>“The cost of installing a floating trash barrier is Rs 13,500 per meter. Each location might need about 20-30m of the barrier, but it varies in size,” said the official.</p>.<p>“The accumulation of silt in SWDs always leads to overflowing of rainwater and results in waterlogging at some places during monsoon. This can be a deterrent to prevent all that,” said Prasad.</p>.<p>The BBMP will also keep a track record of the stormwater drains, similar to that of road maintenance daily.</p>
<p>The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will install trash barriers at Challaghatta and Vrishabhavathi valleys to filter the solid waste.</p>.<p>Taking a cue from a similar plan at Cooum River in Chennai, the corporation officials have decided to undertake the project on a pilot basis. Four floating trash barriers will be installed, two each in Challaghatta and Vrishabhavathi valleys.</p>.<p>“This barrier will help in arresting the floating solid waste and will also prevent the waste choking the bridge structures in stormwater drains (SWDs),” said BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad.</p>.<p>The collected waste will be sent to the ward level disposal unit daily he added.</p>.<p>“The choking of SWDs a big headache for us as there is no one to check the dumping of garbage in SWDs. This is<br />one of the measures to curb</p>.<p>the garbage menace in the SWDs,” said a senior BBMP official.</p>.<p>“The cost of installing a floating trash barrier is Rs 13,500 per meter. Each location might need about 20-30m of the barrier, but it varies in size,” said the official.</p>.<p>“The accumulation of silt in SWDs always leads to overflowing of rainwater and results in waterlogging at some places during monsoon. This can be a deterrent to prevent all that,” said Prasad.</p>.<p>The BBMP will also keep a track record of the stormwater drains, similar to that of road maintenance daily.</p>
