Bengaluru: The new BBMP commissioner M. Lakshminarayan has made segregation of waste at source compulsory in 31 wards from July 1, reinforcing the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules of October 2012.

After missing two deadlines, the latest extension till February 1 to dump garbage at the Mandur landfill could well be the final one for the BBMP to get its act together as far as Solid Waste Manageme

Bengaluru spends the highest on solid waste management (SWM) as compared to other major cities like Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi due to the garbage contractor cartel in the BBMP. Some officials are h

I will not blame the BBMP alone for the current solid waste management (SWM) crisis in Bengaluru. I am not saying it is blameless, but as the stakeholders we should resist trying to make it a scapegoa