In yet another attempt to keep garbage off the roads which results in black spots, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is planning to set up ‘kasa (garbage) kiosks’ across 76 locations in the city. These manned kiosks would have colour coded bins for segregating waste. However, the move has drawn ire as many Solid Waste Management (SWM) activists argue that this essentially amounts to bringing back garbage bins, removed from city streets two decades ago.
In 2018, ‘Kasa kiosks’ were set up by BBMP in association with Saahas NGO as part of a pilot project. After the High Court order in 2002 which had instructed the civic body to remove garbage bins from the road, BBMP had taken up several measures to tackle the problem of black spots in the city including semi-underground bins and ‘Kasa kiosks’.
While the State government has currently approved BBMP’s proposal to set up kiosks, a work order is yet to be issued, sources said. The BBMP in the meantime had called for a tender and tied up with a private agency for the execution of the project. The project is estimated to cost approximately ₹3.5 crore, officials said.
