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Landfills are known for contaminating groundwater, causing fires, and bad odor. There were massive protests by residents of villages in the vicinity of landfills such as Mandur, Mavallipura, and Chikkamangala near Doddaballapur against dumping waste.
BBMP South Zone Commissioner Jayaram Raipura visited some of the upgraded biomethanation plants on Tuesday and directed the BBMP engineers to commission the biomethanation plant at Pattabhirama Nagar on trial. “The need of the hour is to take measures to segregate waste at source. We have to utilise biomethanation plants to manage waste. We have to use biogas generated by biomethanation plants prudently. The biomethanation plant at Pattabhirama Nagar has the capacity to manage five tonnes of wet waste.