Syngene & BPAC initiated a clean-up drive along with BBMP PKs & HaSiRu Mithra team. Many thanks to them in helping us make our locality better...
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Friday, 29 January 2016
Garbage Dump to Badmition Court
HaSiRu Mithra, transforming HSR Layout into a Greener & Cleaner Locality.
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Black Spot removal & Tree Plantation drive - 23th Jan 2016
27th Main end KEB Junction, Piggistan transformed to HaSiRustan by the dedicated team.
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Workshop & Plastic Ban Drive - 19th Jan
Events with Sector 1 & Sector 2 RWA Teams, wonderful to see transformation in HSR, merchants have made efforts to make changes and have said NO to Plastic.
Monday, 18 January 2016
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Plastic Ban Implementation Drive - 16 Jan
HaSiRu Mithra, Sector 1 RWA, Sector 2 RWA joined the BBMP Team on implementation of Plastic Ban in HSR Layout.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Black Spot removal drive - 14th Jan 2016
Black Spot Removal Drive on 14th Jan, 22nd Cross, 23rd Main Junction - Supported by Sector 2 RWA Team, BBMP & PKs.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
Talk at Govt Degree College - 6th Jan 2016
Kavitha, Chitra & Jigna giving a talk on Garbage Crisis, Waste Segregation, Sustainability, Plastic Ban at Govt Degree College, HSR Layout.
Sunday, 3 January 2016
Letter to Chief Minister Karnataka - 31 Dec 2015
To, Date: 31st Dec 2015
Shri Siddaramaiah
Honourable
Chief Minister
Govt
of Karnataka
Bengaluru
Subject:
Garbage Crisis in Bengaluru
Respected Sir,
Wishing You a Very Happy New Year 2016!
Over
the last few months the Garbage Crisis has worsened in the city of Bengaluru,
the streets have piled up with mountains of Garbage and is raising stink, may
even lead to an epidemic.
We
do understand that the dumping yards around Bengaluru have been shut down, and
rightfully so the residents in the nearby villages have refused dumping of
Garbage from Bengaluru that has polluted their Air, Water, Soil and created severe
Health problems.
Bengaluru
has to own up its Garbage, city should take full responsibility for its Garbage
and manage it within the BBMP limits. City Garbage cannot become a problem for
the neighbouring Villages or Towns.
Having
said that, BBMP is not adequately equipped to address the crisis either, Garbage
Mafia has systematically entrenched and weakened the Administration over years.
Setting up multiple Composting units and Dry Waste processing centres do take
time and cannot be hurried, but the Garbage Crisis cannot wait for the units to
become fully operational either.
Bengaluru
Garbage Crisis needs a Short-Term
and Long-Term solution if the
Government and BBMP intends to regain confidence of the Citizens. As a team
that has been looking at the Garbage Crisis from Citizen, BBMP, Administration,
Garbage Collectors and Environmentalist prospective, we would like to propose
the following solutions:
Short-Term Action Plan:
- Separate Vendors for Wet Waste & Dry Waste Collection: This will forcefully implement Segregation at Source, improve Collection method and foster Timely Collection.
- Ban all quality of Plastics Bags: Plastic Bags are the key ingredient to the current Garbage Crisis. Govt has already initiated promotion of subsidies cloth bags via Karnataka Handloom Development Corporation sold through Priyadarshni Handloom stores across the city. These cloth bags if well promoted can become an excellent alternative and can provide livelihood for underprivileged via various Govt schemes.
- Create Ward wise SWM Committees: In addition to Ward Committees a focused SWM Committee that includes Citizens, Activist & BBMP will increase monitoring and co-ordination, and will increase Citizen participation.
- Invest in Awareness, Manpower & Training: BBMP Awareness programs are not reaching out and are not effective too. Use of Social Media, SMS and Workshops are the need of the hour. NGOs, SWM Experts and Activist have to be engaged more effectively to take the message to the citizens. Pourakarmikas are indeed the least trained/equiped and a lot more is left to be done in this space.
- Penalize non-Segregators: This is indeed a much needed strategy, Garbage Collectors or Pourakarmikas can give a regular update on households or entities that are not Segregating as source, a heavy Penalty can indeed ensure they fall in line.
Long-Term Action Plan:
Government
has already initiated Waste-to-Energy plant, but Bengaluru has to plan for
managing Waste of over 9000 tons per day. Even though the Wet/Compostable Waste
makes up to 60% of Bengaluru Waste, what is not been estimated is the quantity
of Construction Debris.
The SWM Policy should include a clear plan
for managing Construction Debris, today Construction Debris are getting dumped
at Lake beds or on Roads as there is absolutely no estimate of quantity or a
defined destination for Debris.
BBMP
has to re-estimate the Quantity and Composition of Bengaluru’s Waste, new SWM
Policy should include Source,
Collection, Transport, Destination (Processing/Treatment/Disposal).
- Re-estimation of Quantity
and Composition of Bengaluru’s Waste
- Re-Constitution of
SWM Expert Committee, bring in Citizens with fresh minds
- Plan for managing
9000 tons per day with clear expansion plan there after
- Invest on a sustained
long drawn Campaign, Training & Manpower
- Emphasis on Quality of Segregation & Quality of Collection – Destination
We
do believe that Citizens involvement is very critical to overcome the current
Garbage Crisis and as a group of Active, Concerned and well informed Citizens
we would like to extend our support to BBMP and to Spl Commissioner SWM to
address the Garbage Crisis more effectively and quickly.
Look
forward to engage with the BBMP/Administration, and to work towards making
Bengaluru Garbage Free.
Warm
Regards,
Kavitha Reddy
Founder
Member HaSiRu MithraPlastic Ban in Ward 174 - 3rd Jan 2016
BBMP initiated Plastic ban in Ward 174, HaSiRu Mithra Team part of the Plastic Ban implementation.
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