Bengaluru property owners will now pay a Solid Waste Management fee, tiered by the size of their homes, starting 2025-26. The BBMP budget, ...

The BBMP is also exploring options like adding more than one auto-tipper in an area, or modifying the route to increase its efficiency.

The main issue of contention between the two is awarding separate contracts to collect wet and dry waste.

Namma Metro may have provided the much-needed connectivity to this south-west Bengaluru locality, but unplanned growth is choking this four...

Composting is a process by which micro-organisms break down complex organic matter such as kitchen waste into useful nutrients for the soil.

The civic body received only 14 bids in 151 wards. With the new approach, the tenders will be open for those wanting to provide manpower an...

Shankar says there have always been confusions: "Our voter IDs were issued from Kalkere and I voted for the Ramamurthy Nagar ward."

Nalini Shekar, founder of Hasirudala, believes there is a need for better solutions only in the tackling of sanitary waste, construction de...

The new garbage contracts are formulated based on a time-and-motion study that went into the resources required to handle the waste generat...

Garbage trucks waiting to collect waste from smaller vehicles -usually three-wheelers -is a common sight in the city.

One of the key members of the group Cleaner, Greener Safer Bangalore (CGSB), Pratap along with friends started making an attempt to clean t...

Even though waste segregation is compulsory, a good number of residents, even in Bengaluru's richest localities, are still not completely i...

While embracing thriving IT economy, Bengaluru -the third most populous city in India -is yet to find a permanent solution to garbage probl...

“The garbage is sometimes not cleared for at least a week near the Sanjay Nagar post office junction,“ said Prashant Kulkarni, an employee ...

Extra vehicles will be deployed for 2-3 days at a stretch because we expect flowers and plantain leaves during Ganesha festival.

When uploaded, citizens will be able to know details of the contractor in their respective areas, the terms of the contract and the money b...

Road and water are virtually indistinguishable during rain in Suranjan Das road, whose widening plan has been on for nine years now.