With its new draft bye-laws on solid waste management (SWM), BBMP is aiming for 100% waste segregation and minimal use of landfills. The bye-laws mandate waste segregation into eight streams, steep penalties for offenders, and greater role for ward committees in SWM
Participants collected 70 bags of plastics and other non-biodegradable waste dumped inside Agara lake. LDA Chief Ravi Ralph and environmentalist Yellappa Reddy joined the volunteers.
