Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s surprise visit to waste processing plants in the city led to to at least one plant that was shut down restart work immediately. Directions to utilise the waste processing capacity at other plants fully were put in place.
There are about seven processing plants in Bengaluru, of which at least three had halted operations due to stiff opposition from the public when the Assembly elections were around the corner.
The plant at Seegehalli in Yelahanka that was shut down, restarted operations after Mr. Shivakumar’s visit on Sunday. The plant has the capacity to process 120 tonnes of wet waste and it was stopped owing to stiff opposition from residents around the plant. A BBMP official said that now with the unit restarting, the overall capacity of processing has stepped up again.
