The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike to file a status report on garbage generated in each ward in the City, and form ward committees at the earliest.

Hearing a batch of petitions filed by Kavitha Shankar, G R Mohan and Environment Support Group (ESG), the Division Bench comprising Justices N Kumar and B V Nagarathna directed the Palike to complete the process of appointment of members to the ward committees within 15 days.