BENGALURU: Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Thursday said all vehicles engaged in lifting and cleaning debris will have to be fitted with GPS and registered with GBA.
Addressing reporters here on the ‘Freedom From Garbage” campaign from August 1, he said the initiative has been given the tagline, Just Clean Bengaluru (JCB).
He said the police and transport departments and the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will monitor the campaign, while Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) and traffic police will track the vehicles.
“The vehicles should dump Construction and Debris (C & D) waste only in designated places identified by the GBA in the limits of five city corporations,” Byre Gowda said.
This measure is aimed at stopping illegal dumping of debris in public places. Officials of GBA, and the police and transport departments will shortly hold a meeting in this regard.
Stating that the campaign will be flagged off by Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Byre Gowda said around 22,000 tonnes of legacy waste has already been mapped in 1,616 locations. The GBA has identified five places across the city where the C & D waste will be dumped. “Soil and debris form about 95% of the waste. If people are found dumping such waste in public places, they will be fined,” he said.
While the month-long campaign aims to clear C&D waste, soil, discarded material and other legacy waste from footpaths, public spaces and vacant plots, vacant site owners will be given time till August 15 to keep their properties clean. If they don’t, the GBA will clean the sites and recover costs from the owners, he said.
He said the GBA has recognised four empanelled agencies, and residents can contact them to get such waste cleared by paying Rs 760 per tonne.
The GBA, five city corporations, the Railways, BDA, BWSSB, BESCOM, K-RIDE, NHAI and other agencies will participate in the campaign.
