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Solution in sight to our Garbage woes?

BBMP can heave a sigh of relief, albeit temporarily, as they have managed to convince the Mandur villagers to dump the garbage at the Mandur landfill till January 29, 2013.The Mandur citizens have given their consent to dump the garbage at the Mandur landfill on the assurance given by BBMP that a scientific method of garbage disposal would be undertaken at Mandur with immediate effect.

The BBMP Commissioner has said that the date of January 29, 2013 as the deadline to stop dumping garbage in Mandur has been worked out by taking into consideration the daily garbage segregation right from the household level. The Commissioner added that, once the segregation at household level is assured, there would be no need for landfills.This is only a part of the story.

Mounds of garbage are piled up all over the city.This stinking garbage with its exposure to the frequent rains is a sure recipe for the spread of deadly diseases like dengue, malaria etc. This is the most important factor that should draw the attention of not only the civic authorities but also the Bengaluru citizens.

BBMP is likely to submit a plan of action in High Court in the hearing on the PILs on November 6th. The outline of the plan that BBMP is likely to submit comprises-training for waste segregation, setting up decentralised waste processing units and setting up centralised processing units and landfills. The HC has urged the BBMP to penalise the citizens who do not segregate waste and also on garbage contractors who violate terms.

The training ofcitizens and the BBMP staff in segregation and processing is going to be a herculean task given that the primary task of waste segregation at the household level is yet to pick up. Many are either unaware of this task or they are indifferent to this idea.

The BBMP is well advised to launch a massive, door to door and sustained campaign on waste segregation and processing in order that the campaign yields a permanent and lasting solution. Let us fervently hope that BBMP would raise to the occasion and act on a war footing to end the crisis.