Move May Run Into Citizens’ Resistance

Bangalore: Get set for allocating some space in your neighbourhood park or playground for the BBMP to set up its waste segregation unit.

Pushed to the wall over the way the garbage crisis has been handled, the civic body has turned to vacant spaces. “My target is to set up dry waste collection centres in all the 198 wards of Bangalore in 2-3 months’ time. The question is: where do we set them up? We have decided to take up portions of playgrounds and parks to establish these units. I’m aware there will be resistance, but we have no choice. There is no other land available for us,” BBMP commissioner Siddaiah told TOI on Thursday.