Dump garbage in public places at your own risk seems to be the message the city corporation intends to send to the denizens.

In a first among the three corporations, vehicles deployed for collection and disposal of solid waste in East Delhi Municipal Corporation area will now be monitored online through a GPS-based syste

While the debate on who should manage the garbage crisis is still on between the Corporation and the State government, the city residents are struggling to find alternative ways for waste disposal.

In a reply to an RTI application, it has been revealed that there is no provision in the city to segregate plastic from the waste and its disposal.

Though dumping grounds in Deonar and Mulund have reached their saturation levels, solid waste is being disposed of at these places.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah’s promise of a garbage-free Bangalore has hit a roadblock.

The garbage recycling project commenced by the Kirinda Puhulwella Pradeshiya Sabha has seen a considerable progress, resident said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed the setting up of at least 10 waste-to-energy plants to process 8,000 metric tonnes of garbage generated everyday in the city.

BBMP commissioner M Lakshminarayana said on Wednesday that the garbage crisis may become a thing of the past in the next two years.

Addressing the gathering at the launch of the zero garbage programme in Vishwanatha Nagenahalli, Gangenahalli and Jayachamarajendra Nagar, Lakshminarayana emphasised on the need for public participation to make Bangalore free of litter. The garbage crisis has earned a bad name for the City. He said the BBMP will strive to restore the City’s glory.

Railway stations in Ujjain, Dahod and Chittorgarh may look a bit cleaner, following the introduction of mechanised sanitation system recently.