Five corporations conduct cleanliness drive across Bengaluru

Bengaluru: All five municipal corporations on Friday conducted a cleanliness drive across the city. Workers de-silted drains, cleared garbage blackspots, and removed footpath encroachments.

Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd (BSWML) also cracked down on single-use plastic, seizing about 24 tonnes and imposing fines worth Rs 38 lakh since August, officials said.

Tushar Girinath, Additional Chief Secretary of the Urban Development Department (UDD), reviewed infrastructure works by the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), including white-topping of roads. He said the traffic police had identified 4,822 potholes, of which 2,961 are yet to be repaired.