Aafrin Kidwai
The Karnataka government has given the green signal to GAIL Gas Limited (CGL) to build a compressed biogas (CBG) plant on an 18-acre BBMP plot of land in Mandur on the outskirts of Bengaluru. GAIL…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will issue a tender notice for waste-to-CNG plants in the city soon. The civic body intends to build two such plants, each with a capacity of 500 tonnes per…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) has prohibited Solid Waste Management contractors from displaying Palike stickers on their garbage collection vehicles. “We outsourced garbage collection, but whenever there is an accident involving a waste truck…
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced plans to set up two large-scale biogas plants running on municipal organic waste. The 500 tpd BioCNG facilities are planned at the Chikkanagamangala and Karnataka Compost Development Corporation…
Aafrin Kidwai
In the previous ten days, Bengaluru civic authorities (BBMP) have clamped down on the sale of single-use plastic in eight zones and seized 1.380.8 kg of plastic. It has collected almost Rs. 5,97,800 in fines.…
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The Bidadi WtE project, which is currently under construction, could by delayed as the financing of the construction is hindered. The project is being jointly developed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Power…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has identified two more sites for landfills and is awaiting approval from the government to commission them, reports The Times of India. The proposed landfills are reportedly quarries at…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has written to the state government seeking a special grant of Rs 250 crore for Mahadevapura and Byatarayanapura where the Palike plans to send the city’s mixed waste. In…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) is planning to install CCTV cameras at garbage black spots in the city to catch offenders. The state government has approved the BBMP’s plans to install 2415 CCTVs at,…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) plans to purchase 122 tree and plastic shredders worth Rs 15 cr, a decision that has earned criticism from SWM experts since the BBMP already had purchased shredders earlier…
Aafrin Kidwai
BBMP has announced it will add 30 new dry waste collection centres (DWCCs) in different wards. While 129 wards have these centres up and running, the civic body plans to introduce this facility in the…
Aafrin Kidwai
In an attempt to better Bengaluru’s ranking in Swachh Survekshan 2021 survey, the BBMP’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) Department will attempt to beautify 100 black spots in Bengaluru, within 45 days. “As a part of…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is frequently in the news for its various waste management-related initiatives. Be it the controversy over its proposed Waste to Energy (WtE) projects, to a new agency dedicated to…
Aafrin Kidwai
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has pulled up Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials for poor management of waste in the city, despite repeated timelines and assistance. At a review meeting, where Karnataka State Pollution…
Aafrin Kidwai
Legacy waste at Bengaluru’s Mandur landfill site will be cleared after the biannual Aero-India show next month. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has got approval from the government and bidding has started to start…
Aafrin Kidwai
Waste segregated at source in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) limits has touched 33%, the highest-ever in the city. As per the latest figures, the civic body has collected 1,333 tonnes per day (TPD)…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Karnataka govt has sought the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) views on setting up an independent new agency to look at the functioning of seven waste processing units. The collection and transportation of garbage…
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The BBMP has called for expression of interest for setting up domestic hazardous waste facilities in the city. Mr Randeep, special commissioner, solid waste management, BBMP, informed The Deccan Herald that while waste is segregated…
Aafrin Kidwai
Bengaluru’s Ward no. 104, Govindrajnagar became the first ward to implement the BBMP’s new model of segregated collection & transportation (C&T) of solid waste as wet, dry and sanitary. Covered vehicles with GPS and public…
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Cement industries have once again refused to take processed waste from the city’s wet waste processing units. As a result, the BBMP has asked the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and the Chief Secretary to…
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Barely six months after announcing that it would adopt the Indore model of waste collection, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to revert to its old system of collecting wet and dry waste…
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As per the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru generates around 4500 tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) per day. The city has resorted to multiple waste management strategies following the 2012 garbage crisis. This…
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On Saturday, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) welcomed its new Commissioner – Manjunath Prasad. Mr Prasad was the commissioner of BBMP for three years before BH Anil Kumar’s appointment. He returns to the position amid…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has announced it will implement bye-laws on solid waste management (SWM), which entail asking home-owners to pay money to hand over garbage to conservancy workers. “The bye-laws on solid waste management have been notified.…
Aafrin Kidwai
Disposable masks are quickly piling up across cities, posing a major challenge for waste management authorities. These items are not recycled since they are considered hazardous and are being stacked at dry waste collection centres…
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The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has started collecting Covid infected bio-waste across the city. So far, over 2,588 kg of waste has been collected from all the quarantine centres in Bengaluru. The collected waste is…
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The Karnataka High Court has directed the State government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to come out with a road map for scientific disposal of construction and demolition waste as the 2016 Solid Waste…
Aafrin Kidwai
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and Karnataka Power Corporation (KPCL) are planning to set up a waste-to-energy plant in Mandur. According to the Bangalore Mirror, the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has ordered KPCL to…
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The Karnataka State Government has approved establishing a WtE plant in Kannahalli. A yet-to-be-appointed company is expected to finance and operate the plant while Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will supply the municipal waste input.…
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After having opened the tender process around 2 weeks ago, the local authority of Bangalore, the Bruhat Bengalaru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), has only received a few bids for the 5 planned WtE projects so far.…
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The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) opens a bid for waste-to-energy plants at already operational waste segregation units, as reported by Bangalore Mirror. The plants will be located at Lingadheeranahalli, Koodlu, and Kannahalli with a…
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According to local government officials, a contractor has finally been found for the implementation of a WtE project in Mavallipura, located close to the city Bengaluru. Indian company Essel Group will operate the planned facility,…
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According to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the city of Bengaluru may be home to new WtE plants soon. Sources differ on whether two or four new facilities are to be set up. The…
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A planned RDF-deal between the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and cement factories in Kalabugari has been abandoned due to too heavy transportation cost. The BBMP has come to the decision to bury the 20,000tpy…
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As reported in issue 04-2017, the small-scale biogas plant in Domlur has been shut down because Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative body for civic and infrastructural assets of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area,…
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A small-scale biogas plant in Domlur, eastern Bangalore city, has been shut down. According to operator Ashoka Biogreen Pvt. Ltd., the plant was closed because Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the administrative body for civic…
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Public body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has entered a short-term contract with several unnamed cement factories in the state of Karnataka. As said, the cement producers will treat the RDF that has accumulated at…
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According to The Hindu, a fire incident occurred at the Chikkanagamangala waste treatment and RDF facility near Anekal, which is operated by public body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). As said, the fire spread to…
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After there has been no progress on the contracts on proposed WtE plants in India, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), a civic body of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area, now considers to integrate WtE…
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A fire incident occurred at the Kannahalli RDF facility, owned by public body Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), as reported by The Hindu. As said, a shredder and baling units as well as an RDF…
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As reported by The Hindu, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), a civic body of the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area, is seeking an insurance company for its landfills and waste processing plants. Background to this is…
