The visit was in connection with a year-old case; Judges insist that city dwellers need to segregate at source instead of blaming BBMP.
Two judges of Karnataka high court, Justice N Kumar and Justice Nagarathna, who are hearing petitions related to garbage issues for the last one year, on Friday visited waste management centre at Koramangala, residential apartments on Sarjapur Road and the Karnataka Compost Development Corporation (KCDC) at Kudlu to inspect garbage segregation and how income is generated out of the activity.
Speaking with mediapersons, Justice Kumar said every one would like to talk about garbage problems but one has to visit these places to know the magnitude of the garbage problem in the city and causes for the crisis of disposal.
“Blaming Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) commissioner or the local corporator won’t solve the garbage problem. One has to understand the problem. I have come here to see the process of garbage segregation personally. Now, I know the value of wet waste and dry waste. The objective of our visit is in order to make the court order on garbage issue more meaningful,’’ said Justice Kumar.
Emphasising the need to segregate waste at source, Justice Kumar said the court order on waste segregation was passed long ago. “It makes segregation of waste at source mandatory.
No one can work against the law. Segregation of waste will reduce 50% of labour,’’ the judge said.
When his attention was drawn to efforts of the BBMP mayor to introduce machines on a pilot basis to manage unsegregated waste, Justice Kumar said: “Mayor Satyaranayana might not be aware of the court order on segregation of waste at source.”
On allegation that some private companies were taking up waste management companies eyeing land in Bangalore, the judge said the BBMP has to verify the background and capacity of the waste management companies before allotting land for them.
“All are eyeing the land in Bangalore,’’ the judge said.
On the infrastructure of KCDC at Kudlu, the judge said the authorities have to provide infrastructure as per the requirement. “The need of the hour is to have sufficient infrastructure.
Though the authorities are doing their best, the outcome is not satisfactory,’’ he said.
Justice Nagarathna said the objective of the visit was to ensure that court directions are more meaningful and realistic. “I am of the opinion that segregation of waste at source is a micro solution for a macro problem,’’ Justice Nagarathna said.
Corporator gets a pat
Impressed by the interest taken by Kavitha Baburaj, corporator from Singasandra ward to accompany the visiting team to compost unit, Justice Kumar said the garbage problem would be solved within six months if all corporators were as committed as Kavitha.
“I appreciate Kavitha’s interest. Many corporators are not interested in solving the garbage problem,’’ the judge said.
The two judges, accompanied by the BBMP commissioner and other officials, visited Kaikondanahalli lake. Members of the local residents’ welfare association told the dignitaries that they needed Rs80,000 per month for maintaining the lake, including salaries for security guards.
The judges and officials also visited a waste collection and management centre at Koramangala, and residential apartments Divya Shree Elan and Spring Feel on Sarjapur Road.
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