When October 1 morning dawns, all Bengalureans will be part of a mission to restore the Garden City tag to Namma Bengaluru. After years of dealing with garbage mess, the BBMP has finally made it manda

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, which was deaf all these years to local residents’ repeated pleas to shift the garbage transfer stations out of residential areas, is now having to look in

Bengaluru spends the highest on solid waste management (SWM) as compared to other major cities like Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi due to the garbage contractor cartel in the BBMP. Some officials are h

The state government has decided to adopt the Namakkal model to ensure a permanent solution to the garbage crisis in BBMP limits. The model was suggested by former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa wh

Poonam Bir Kasturi is a pioneer in producing compost from kitchen with her simple technology called Daily Dump. She is popularly known as the compost lady for her commitment and dedication to converti

The state government was seriously considering introducing rules and regulations for penalising those disposing of waste in hazardous and unscientific ways, law and parliamentary affairs and urban de

If you thought RT Nagar, Sultanpalya, Kaval Byrasandra and surrounding “posh” localities were free of problems, visiting them would soon disillusion you. Huge craters and heaps of garbage are piled u

Mayor D. Venkatesh Murthy has gone back on his promise of shutting down the Mavallipura landfill. On Thursday he approved a resolution extending temporary relief to the residents of Mavallipura, but d

Here is a classic example of how, in the process of solving one problem, more are created. Commuters from South Bengaluru were stuck on the roads for over an hour as Congress workers protested against

It's ironic that Bengaluru, regarded globally as an IT City, cannot deal with something as basic as garbage and establish scientific landfills that do not threaten people or the environment. It's even