Communities in Kaggalipura deflated the tyres of one truck on Sunday

The BBMP is now facing opposition from the communities in Kaggalipura on the garbage issue.

According to Narasimha Murthy, a resident of Kaggalipura, a farmer has allegedly been taking money for the BBMP to dump waste in his land at Kamayyanapalya, coming under Agara Gram Panchayat, in Kaggalipura. He said that over the past 15 days, nearly 40 truck loads of garbage had been dumped. “On Sunday, when we noticed a truck in the village, we deflated the tyres and handed over the vehicle to the Kaggalipura police. A complaint was lodged,” he said.

BBMP officials claimed that the issue had been “sorted out”. Meanwhile, the Department of Urban Development signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch consortium Waste2Value to generate 7 MW energy, biogas and eco-bricks from around 600 tonnes of garbage.

Waste2Value will establish a waste-to-energy plant on 25 acres, which is yet to be identified. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, “The project will generate zero waste and use the latest technology to generate power from garbage. The power generated by the plant will be purchased at a rate finalised by the KERC.”