BBMP looking to clear black spots in city permanently, says top officer
Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao has said that they were planning to clear the state capital of all its black spots on a permanent basis.
According to a report by Deccan Herald, the senior officer on Saturday stressed that the work required action at zonal-level. He said that officers were not only monitoring but also penalizing people dumping waste by the road.
Rao pointed at the need for a sustainable waste management system including providing more composting units and bio-methanation plants at the source.
The issues were discussed during a meeting with the resident welfare associations in Bengaluru East Zone and Snehal, the zonal commissioner, had assured that a comprehensive plan would be formulated to address the challenges related waste management in the zone. The commissioner also announced that a campaign would soon be launched to control single-use plastic.
Residents are known to have suggested during the meeting that BBMP could increase the number of auto-tippers provided to Indiranagar, conduct to-door awareness campaigns on waste disposal practices, establish composting units within each ward, and provide separate bins for wet and dry waste to prevent mixed waste collection.
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Private bus operators in Karnataka to hike fares by 20-30 pc after fuel price rise
Bengaluru (PTI): In the wake of the hike in fuel prices, private bus operators have decided to increase fares by 20-30 per cent, depending on the route, effective from Friday midnight.
They have also called for government subsidies, a reduction in cess, and lower road taxes to improve the situation.
"The situation for bus owners in the state is already distressing due to high road tax and the impact of the Shakti scheme (free bus travel for women in government buses). On top of this, fuel prices have increased," Karnataka State Bus Owners’ Association President S Nataraj Sharma said.
"This will impose a burden of Rs 15,000 per vehicle per month on bus owners. If an owner has three buses, the burden will be Rs 45,000 to Rs 50,000 per month," he added.
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Speaking to reporters, he said the situation has made it inevitable for owners to increase fares by 20-30 per cent, depending on the route, under current conditions.
The increase may be roughly Rs 200 per seat, he added.
"For example, the current bus fare from Bengaluru to Belagavi is around Rs 1,000–Rs 1,200, which is likely to rise to Rs 1,350–Rs 1,400. Similarly, fares from Bengaluru to Mangaluru or Udupi currently range from Rs 900–Rs 1,000 and are expected to go up to Rs 1,100–Rs 1,200," he said.
Petrol and diesel prices were each hiked by Rs 3 per litre on Friday, the first rate increase in more than four years, amid mounting losses for fuel retailers due to surging global crude prices in the wake of the West Asia conflict.
The increase comes a couple of weeks after the Assembly elections concluded in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Puducherry.
