Would jailing official make you work, HC
asks Bangalore civic body
Tuesday November 20, 2012 08:08:03 PM,
IANS
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Bangalore:
With the garbage crisis in the city persisting, Karnataka High
Court Tuesday wondered whether sending a top civic body official
to jail would make them clear up the mess.
Slamming the Karnataka government and the civic administration,
Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen warned that contempt of court
proceedings would be initiated if the civic body and the state
pollution control board failed to present a plan within two days.
"If BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or Greater Bangalore
City Corporation) and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB)
do not come out with a plan to address the garbage menace in the
city, the bench will issue contempt notices to both bodies day
after tomorrow (Thursday)," Justice Sen said.
He observed that the BBMP and KSPCB might act only if the court
sent a top official to jail.
The rap came during a hearing of a public interest petition by
Bangalore advocate G.R. Mohan seeking supersession of BBMP for not
ending the garbage mess.
Justice Sen had Nov 6 given the government two weeks to work out a
solution to the crisis that has become severe since July following
opposition from residents around three major landfills on the
city's outskirts over dumping garbage in the area.
Bangalore, with a population of over eight million, daily
generates around 5,000 tonnes of garbage which was being dumped at
Mavallipura, Mandur and Terra Firma, all about 45 km north of the
city.
In August, Bangalore became a garbage city with residents around
the landfills disallowing dumping.
They were, however, persuaded to allow dumping for a few more
months with promises to improve their living conditions and steps
to check harmful effects of dumped garbage.
However, protests against dumping have resumed resulting in
garbage being intermittently cleared in several areas of Bangalore
since the beginning of November.
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