Mobile squads to penalise those littering Bengaluru roads
TNN | Nov 2, 2018, 07:01 IST
IN THE WRONG PLACE: The Bengaluru Rural district administration raided an illegal garbage dumping yard in Gana... Read MoreBENGALURU: The BBMP will deploy mobile civic patrol squads, on the lines of the city police’s Hoysala units, to crack down on those dumping garbage on roads at night. To start with, the civic agency will use its Pahari emergency vehicles for the purpose.
D Randeep, BBMP special commissioner (solid waste management), issued instructions to this effect on Wednesday evening to the eight joint commissioners. The move comes following the high court’s directive to the civic agency to keep the city clean. Randeep said the biggest step to help beautify the city is to prevent people from dumping garbage on roadsides. He said night patrolling will commence on Thursday and squads have been told to penalise violators.
Garbage scam to be referred to CID
BBMP is thinking of asking the Criminal Investigation Department to probe the Rs 400-crore garbage bills scam. It pertains to funds released to garbage contractors in four years; the contractors had inflated their claims while the number of vehicles deployed for clearing garbage was much less. The scam came to the fore following installation of GPS in garbage-disposal vehicles.
Bengaluru development minister G Parameshwara is expected to make an announcement on handing over the investigation to CID.
D Randeep, BBMP special commissioner (solid waste management), issued instructions to this effect on Wednesday evening to the eight joint commissioners. The move comes following the high court’s directive to the civic agency to keep the city clean. Randeep said the biggest step to help beautify the city is to prevent people from dumping garbage on roadsides. He said night patrolling will commence on Thursday and squads have been told to penalise violators.
Garbage scam to be referred to CID
BBMP is thinking of asking the Criminal Investigation Department to probe the Rs 400-crore garbage bills scam. It pertains to funds released to garbage contractors in four years; the contractors had inflated their claims while the number of vehicles deployed for clearing garbage was much less. The scam came to the fore following installation of GPS in garbage-disposal vehicles.
Bengaluru development minister G Parameshwara is expected to make an announcement on handing over the investigation to CID.
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