The efforts of the Chief Minister, city in-charge minister, mayor and the BBMP commissioner to find a solution to the garbage mess and to transport garbage out of the city seems to have come to nought

Turf wars between ministers and MLAs in the BJP government and between BBMP and four politically-connected contractors who are said to control the garbage contract system are behind the city’s garbage

Collection of garbage which the city is never free of is essentially left to three or four politically influential families. While there is a need for transparency for garbage management, sources say

Does one call it Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike or Big Bengaluru Mired in Politics ? The latter sounds more apt for a civic agency plagued by games of political one-upmanship and scams.

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Justifying the agitation of Mavallipura villagers against dumping of garbage in their backyard, the high court on Monday hit out at the BBMP for failing to discharge its duties. The division bench of

The city's garbage troubles mounted as people of Mandur said a firm no to the BBMP dumping its trash in their midst. With the villagers having warned the BBMP of their protest, it did not send even

Day two of the BBMP's cleaning drive in the city was marred by rain. But this massive effort of the Palike, which managed to rid the city of four tonnes of waste on day one, continued. The cleani