Bengaluru: With trees shedding their leaves this season, you often see piles of them burning at street corners or in play grounds , creating heat islands and adding to air pollution all across the city. But the BBMP doesn’t seem to want to take responsibility.
At a closed door meeting on Monday, BBMP officials refused to take the blame and instead pointed accusing fingers at resident welfare associations, according to sources. “ When the officials were questioned about the increase in dry leaves being burnt around the city, they blatantly said resident welfare associations objected to accumulation of dry leaves in parks for composting. But when asked to name the RWAs , they could not,” sources added.
A BBMP official admits that garbage contractors don’t want to clear the dry leaves and the pourakarmikas, who are often at a loss to deal with them, set them on fire. “Most of the pourakarmikas are aware who is responsible for burning the leaves,” he explains.
