Even as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike reels under severe criticism from different quarters – the Karnataka High Court recently flayed it for not carrying out solid waste management procedures at the ward level, and pourakarmikas have not been paid for months on end– another mystery has come to light.

More than two weeks after it was first reported in the media, 100 six-wheeled garbage compactor trucks, each having a capacity of 10 tonne each, for which the BBMP is billed, continue to be “missing”.