- BBMP and Mandur residents are on a war path over dumping of Bangalore garbage at a landfill in Mandur village
- BBMP to despatch its garbage laden stinking garbage to be dumped in the backyards of Mandur village residents despite protest
- Mandur meanwhile is tense as protestors hold sit-in, shoppers down shutters and gates of Mandur Gram Panchayat’s doors forcibly closed by agitators
- Villagers set to keep 24X7 eye on any attempts to dump the garbage, villagers demand scientific treatment of garbage before they are dumped
- Another villager, Murthy, sought to know if the government and the BBMP valued garbage more than the lives of the villagers.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/mandur-observes-bandh-continues-protest-against-garbage-dumping/article6076746.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Solid Waste Management
- Scientific Disposal of Waste
- People’s resistance against dumping of Garbage