Tackling garbage menace impossible without peoples cooperation, says Karnataka minister

BENGALURU: Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy said that eliminating garbage in the city is impossible without peoples cooperation. Speaking after inaugurating the Semi-Automatic Dry Waste Collection Center and Garbage Kiosk at Adugodi under BTM Layout assembly constituency on Wednesday, he said that peoples cooperation is essential for waste elimination. He appealed to people not to throw garbage everywhere and to participate in building a clean Bengaluru. The second phase of the transfer station has been constructed in BTM Layout and is being successfully implemented. Apart from this, he said that the garbage leachate unit and leaf processing unit are also being successfully run in Koramangala. Some citizens and residents welfare associations have already processed garbage at their own level and are distributing fertilizer to farmers. He said that if all citizens process the waste generated in their homes in the same way, the garbage problem can be solved. He instructed the Commissioner to take appropriate action by imposing fines on contractors who do not perform properly. Kari Gowda, Chief Executive Officer of Bangalore Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), said that they have taken steps to establish 76 garbage kiosks with the aim of permanently eliminating black spots in the GBA area. The garbage kiosks can eliminate black spots, control waste odor and other problems locally, said Karee Gowda and added four collection bins of 100 liters capacity have been provided in each garbage kiosk, and the public can give their segregated garbage to these kiosks free of charge at the specified time. K N Ramesh, Commissioner of Bengaluru South City Corporation, said the Local Residents Welfare Development Association of Koramangala has set up a compost system to manage waste locally. If we take steps to manage waste locally, we can find solutions to most of the garbage problems at the source, he said.