Bengaluru: As you enter Tavarekere Main Road near S.G. Palya, a rotting stench fills the air. If it’s a windy evening, a scrap plastic handbag could fly across a biker’s face. The S.Bingipura villagers protest has taken a toll on garbage management in many parts of South Bengaluru for the past four days.
So far, there has been no sign of the villagers withdrawing their protest to allow BBMP trucks dump garbage at the landfill near their village. With the villagers unwilling to relent, Bengalureans are living with piles of garbage at home.
Mr Rajeev R., a resident of S.G. Palya, says, “Though garbage collection is not a concern in the ward, garbage disposal methods are a nightmare. Like routine, the pourakarmikas collect garbage from the collection points. But all the garbage that is collected from homes in this locality is being dumped on Tavarekere Main Road. Stray dog menace has become a threat to bikers and pedestrians. It Is not only the dog menace that the residents have to fight with. Heaps of garbage on the sides flood the road whenever it rains.
Mr Deepak N., a bike rider, says, “It is a nightmare commuting on this road during peak hours. Bikers apply brakes suddenly when they see the heap of garbage and often lose control. There is a gridlock on this road every day during peak hours and the garbage dump has worsened the situation over the last few days. Though the BBMP is aware of the problem, it says it is unable to find a solution.”
We have shifted about 80 per cent of garbage to local processing plants, but we have no alternative place to send the remaining 20 per cent of garbage generated in the ward. The BBMP trucks are unloading the garbage on the main road. We are dependent on S. Bingipura to dispose of garbage and this protest has severely affected us,” says South Zone Commissioner Hemachandra.
