BENGALURU: Broken commodes, sofa sets, beds, cots and others along with daily waste being dumped on the roadside are clogging drains and causing floods on streets and in areas across the city. To discipline the culprits, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) solid waste management department has said it will intensify its vigil, impose penalties and also make the perpetrators lift waste dumped on the roadside. The Palike has also asked residents and activists to inform the authorities if people dump waste at empty sites.
Recently, a resident filmed some people coming in a van and dumping waste clothes on the roadside. BBMP said that based on the footage, it will track and impose penalties on the van owner and also make him clear the waste. Srujan Kadamba, a resident who captured the act while heading to office, said he has complained about indiscriminate dumping of waste at an empty site ahead of Brigade IRV Road in Whitefield, but dumping has not stopped.
“I filmed garbage dumping by a miscreant recently and reported it to Health Inspector Somashekhar Reddy. He assured me that the site will be cleared. We want marshals deployed and heavy fines imposed against violators to bring down such incidents,” Kadamba said.
Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) R Prathiba said the Palike has already launched a drive to catch people dumping plastic waste and are conducting raids at places using banned single-use plastic items.
A senior official from the solid waste management department said, “The marshals, junior health inspectors and ward engineers are on vigil and those who dump any waste on the roadside or in drains will be caught and fined. Also, owners of sites and plots will be asked to keep their surroundings clean. The local officials will be asked to give notices to owners who do not fence and maintain their sites.”