Residents living around waste processing plants who have been demanding their closure for years now may heave a sigh of relief. Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday announced that the State government will relocate all waste processing plants and landfills to outside Bengaluru city soon.
“Citizens living around processing units and landfills are facing several problems. Hence, I have decided to shift these units to uninhabited hilly areas around the city,” he said.
On Tuesday, he held a meeting of Revenue and Forest officials, including Minister for Forest, Ecology, and Environment Eshwar Khandre. Mr. Shivakumar directed Deputy Commissioners of Bengaluru (Urban), Bengaluru (Rural), and Ramanagara districts to find land parcels of 100 acres each in four places, in four directions from the city, to establish Integrated Solid Waste Management Parks, to where all waste management of the city will shift to and all processing plants and landfills in the city will shut down.
