BENGALURU: The
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
’s recent drive against apartments for not composting waste within their premises has drawn flak from residents.
The Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF), with a membership base of over 500 complexes representing about l lakh households, slammed BBMP for its “unilateral, unreasonable and illegal penalisation of apartments” which haven’t been able to do in-situ composting.
Vikram Rai, treasurer and solid waste management head of BAF, said, “SWM rules of 2016 call for only waste segregation. They don’t mandate that apartments do in-situ composting, nor give the
municipality
the authority to levy a fine. Section 4 (7) of the rules merely recommend in-situ composting can be done by gated communities as far as possible, and if not, waste should be disposed of properly.” BBMP commissioner BH
Anil Kumar clarified in-situ composting is mandatory for apartments with 50 units and above.
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