Two large dustbins preferably metal will be installed for wet and dry waste
Bengaluru: Nearly a decade after the Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BMP) decided foolishly to do away with dustbins because they didn't have enough manpower to clear the garbage from the bins, the BBMP has decided it will bring back dustbins!
Two large dustbins preferably metal will be installed for wet and dry waste in all commercial areas under the new plan. Now let’s hope they don’t fail in their primary duty clearing garbage, not once but twice every day.
Make people aware how to segregate dry and wet waste, and impose stiff punishment on anyone who throws rubbish on the street. Street food vendors, vegetable shops, restaurants, watch out!
Acting on the recommendations of the Bengaluru Agenda Task Force (BATF), it scrapped all the dustbins simply because it did not have enough staff to clean them.
The large cement bins were removed from residential areas, shopping streets, malls and public places as it decided to go in for door- to-door collection of rubbish instead in the city.
Unfortunately, its grand plans boomeranged and now the BBMP, its new and bigger avatar that caters to a city bursting at the seams with nearly a crore people, plans to install dustbins in areas with a high floating population to keep them clean.
Two dustbins will be installed for wet and dry waste in all commercial areas under the new plan. “It’s a welcome move,” says Mr N. S. Mukunda, a member of the Citizens Action Forum.
“The dustbins should make a comeback as people don’t know where to throw garbage when walking on the roads. Wrappers, plastic material are all disposed off on the roads because nobody knows where to throw them.
The BBMP should not only install the dustbins but also ensure that they are cleaned regularly. They could clear wet waste every day and dry waste once a week,” he suggests.
Noting that mixed waste is usually dumped into bins when installed in public places, the activist says the BBMP needs to create awareness among people to segregate their garbage.
“Everybody should be made accountable if cleanliness campaigns are to be successful,” he underlines.
