BENGALURU: To avoid dependence on landfill sites and yet keep the city clean, Bengaluru North City Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar on Sunday issued strict instructions to solid waste management officials to make waste segregation at the household level mandatory.
This measure was initiated in view of the challenges faced in waste disposal due to protests by local residents near landfill sites in recent times. Wet waste collected from households shall be sent to processing units for compost preparation, while dry waste will be transported to recycling units and waste-to-energy plants.
He also set a target to all Assistant General Managers and Deputy General Managers of the corporation to take necessary action to achieve a target of collecting 65-70 per cent segregated waste by the end of March 2026.
Kumar instructed officials and staff to actively cooperate in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 assessment. As part of this, the first phase of a special cleanliness campaign has been scheduled from March 1 to 8, and he has asked officials to ensure large-scale participation by citizens, associations, organizations and public representatives, besides organising awareness programmes.
To preserve the city’s aesthetics and earn appreciation from citizens, he advised officials to ensure that no black spots (garbage dumping points) remain within the corporation limits.
“Health inspectors and marshals must respond immediately to solid waste management complaints received, and take prompt action,” he said, adding that public urination (yellow spots) and spitting (red spots) have been observed to be increasing near skywalks, which adversely affect the city’s aesthetics. “Marshals have been instructed to maintain strict vigil in such locations and impose penalties on violators as per rules,” the commissioner stated.
Mass cleaning drive across city
A large-scale mass cleaning drive and black spot clearance operation was carried out across various locations in all six Assembly constituencies under Bengaluru Central City Corporation limits on Sunday. Commissioner Rajendra Cholan stated that a 8.85km stretch was covered and about 60 loads of waste accumulated along roadsides were cleared, and 21 black spots were eliminated.