Bingipura residents say ‘no’ to festival garbage
Residents put forth their basic demands which they want to be fulfilled
By : shwetha satyanarayan
Update: 2014-09-02 06:29 GMT
Bengaluru: After the Ganesha festival, mounds of garbage lying on the streets in South Bengaluru and surrounding areas may continue to remain uncollected as the BBMP is facing yet another hiccup in disposing of garbage. This time, it’s the residents of S.Bingipura in Anekal Taluk who are following in the footsteps of Mavallipura and Mandur, by refusing to allow BBMP trucks to dump garbage at the quarry pit near the village.
Four days after ‘Ganesh Chaturti’, the BBMP trucks which carried garbage to S. Bingipura have not returned, hampering the garbage collection in the city. Especially, areas in South zone like Thyagarajnagar, Viveknanda Circle in Girinagar, Hosakerihalli, BEML Layout, Gandhi Bazar and Jayanagar are overflowing with festival garbage.Near APS Grounds in Gandhi Bazar, heaps of garbage have encroached upon the road, forcing motorists to negotiate through all the garbage strewn on the road.
A BBMP official in South zone revealed that the S. Bingipura villagers did not allow the trucks to proceed, on the grounds that the civic body had increased the number of garbage trucks after the festival.“In some areas pourakarmikas have not collected garbage as trucks are not available to load garbage. The trucks which had already carried garbage have stationed themselves near the quarry following the protest,” added the official.
While South zone alone sends 50 trucks of garbage, the quarry pit is designated to allow less than 40 trucks. However, the villagers and local MLA M.Krishnappa said the number of trucks had increased threefold after ‘Ganesh Chaturti’, provoking the villagers to protest.
The MLA said, “Following the protest in Mandur, trucks carrying garbage to the landfill have been diverted to S.Bingipura. The quarry pit is close to a school and many villagers are having problems due to the increased quantity of garbage.”
S.Bingipura sets forth its demands
Among the many places identified by the BBMP to set up a garbage processing plant, S.Bingipura heads the list. With the BBMP increasing its garbage trucks even before the launch of the processing plant, the villagers have taken a cue from the Mandur crisis and have put forth their demands before the BBMP.
Mayor Katte Satyanarayana said the villagers’ demands included widening of the approach road to the quarry pit, drinking water facilities and other matters.“The BBMP trucks have not been allowed to dump garbage. Which is why the trucks which carried garbage on Friday night have still not returned. Garbage collection in South zone has been affected. We will hold talks with the villagers and the crisis should be solved in the next few days,” he added.
In fact, during a recent meeting with the BBMP officials, Bengaluru Rural MP D.K Suresh had directed them to make an action plan for dumping of garbage at S.Bingipura.