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Shivakumar had, earlier this month, created an advisory group for Bengalurus development, on the lines of the Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) then chief minister SM Krishna pioneered by roping in prominent CEOs including Nandan Nilekani. Shivakumar met with MLAs, industrialists, and other prominent personalities, last week, to understand the pressing issues as well as other suggestions to build the city s brand equity.
It will be responsible for collecting, transporting, and processing waste to produce energy
With the State’s richest civic body, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), finding it difficult to manage the growing city’s solid waste, the State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to establish a separate entity, the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Company.
It will be responsible for collecting, transporting, and processing waste to produce energy. While the BBMP will invest 51% in the newly formed organisation, the State government will contribute the remaining. The additional chief secretary will be the CEO of the company.
Briefing journalists after a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, Minister for Home and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Basavaraj Bommai said that the company would give focused attention to the mounting garbage. The city generates nearly 5,500 tonnes of solid waste daily, of which 4,500 tonnes is produced by households, he said. The comp