As we are dealing with the problems faced by the contractor, BBMP & the citizens with regards to the waste management in RRNagar...
It is becoming clearer & clearer as to how ill-equipped & unprepared we still are.
Complaints seem to be flying around & fingers being pointed all over but nobody seems to be wanting to take responsibility to come up with a workable solution.
BVG says he's under-quoted in the tender & is having problem covering the vast area for collection.
- Dry waste (high grade) somehow is managing to fetch money for now.
- But says they have no way of handling the wet waste( about 1.2 tonnes/day) within the area as BBMP allotted vacant spaces ( dumping pits), are facing problems due to residents' objections to the nuisance of stench/mosquitoes.
- Was a little shocked when they admitted to mixing lower grade plastics(fetching least money, after the PK's have taken the cream of dry waste, which are basically the higher grade plastics) along with the wet waste & packing it off to landfills.
- They are however waiting for BBMP to allot space for secondary segregation, so that a mix of higher grade & lower grade plastics can be turned into small pellets for easier transportation for reuse/resale.
BBMP says its BVG's problem since they have been assigned the contract.
- A project for a bio-gas plant worth(75 lakhs - 1 crore) has been sanctioned. Technology being imported from Germany by a local NGO. Take off ..... when, how, power/water sustenance/skill requirement of foreign technology remains to be seen. Hope to see a different picture ..... other than the usual shut-down of many foreign technology projects.
Citizens are grappling with situations of uncollected waste & finding easier ways of disposing it off by flinging in empty sites, storm water drains, lake & god knows where else!!!
With sustainable facilities in place... people can be driven for a good segregation of waste, which right now seems to be of least concern.
On a positive note.... Ms Jyothi, stationed as the current Joint Commissioner, BBMP, seems to be taking things forward positively. Keeping fingers crossed!
PS : Lets come up with some ideas to manage the wet waste currently. Localizing would be a good idea?? what's holding us back?? Some apartments are not even ready to maintain separate bins for wastes.... a feedback from the BVG supervisors. Not many apartments seem to be ready for composting pits within their premises.
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