Mandur residents agree to allow garbage dumping for 5 months

Residents of Mandur who are up in arms against dumping of garbage from Bangalore today gave the city civic body five more months to stop dumping of garbage in their village, a senior minister said.
"The residents of Mandur have agreed to allow dumping of garbage for next five months. From December 1, no trash will be dumped there," Bangalore district in-charge minister Ramalinga Reddy told reporters after a meeting with Mandur villagers here.
In the next two days, the government would give it in writing that it would stop dumping garbage in the landfills around Mandur, the Minister added.

Reddy had yesterday said the government would give an undertaking to the agitating residents, promising that garbage would not be dumped there after five months.
Last week, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had a meeting with Mandur villagers, who demanded a written undertaking from the government that garbage would not be dumped in landfills around the village.
Reddy also said the landfills would be used for public purposes once garbage dumping is stopped from December 1.

The meeting also decided to withdraw cases against 71 Mandur residents, who were arrested during protests against dumping of city garbage in their village, Reddy said.

For the past 15 days, Mandur villagers have been protesting against dumping of garbage, which has reportedly caused health problems to residents there.
The Mandur crisis made headlines last year. Bangalore then was dubbed a "garbage city".
BBMP had promised to create alternative waste disposal facilities and stop dumping waste in Mandur after May 31.
Bangalore produces around 4,000 tonnes of garbage per day. BBMP dumps 1,800 tonnes in Mandur, 1,000 tonnes in Gundlahalli village, Doddaballapur, 500 tonnes in S Bingipura. It has 150 dry waste collection centres.