Sandya Narayanan, Author at Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Time for a Solid Waste Management board in Bengaluru

August 24, 2017 Sandya Narayanan

The SWMRT group proposes a way for waste to be managed, in the interests of pourakarmikas, citizens, environment protection and civic efficiency.

Ad hoc contracts cost 600 Crores to dump garbage in quarries

August 23, 2017 Sandya Narayanan

Money for waste management in BBMP is literally going down the quarries. Yet BBMP Council is preventing the move towards a direct payment and a performance-based system. Waste management in city is paralysed!

Garbage piles in Bengaluru: How to fix the root cause

June 29, 2016 Sandya Narayanan and Lalitha Rani Mondreti

The plight of workers working in garbage collection is miserable. Fed up with broken system, BBMP is mulling a change in the garbage collection and transportation system.

Open letter to CM Siddaramaiah: Bring Subodh Yadav back!

June 26, 2016 Sandya Narayanan

To the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri Siddaramaiah, To the Minister, Sri K J George Sir, Citizen Petition: #BringBackSubodhYadav This is a tipping point. We citizens of Bengaluru who have been working on bringing in

Here’s how you can stop dry waste from littering commercial areas

June 19, 2016 Sandya Narayanan

Bengaluru did not have public bins, and bins have been a bone of contention among solid waste management enthusiasts working to solve the problem. Are bins the only solution for black spot problem? Or is there any alternative?

Infrastructure

Who do we call when waste collection system fails?

April 9, 2014 Sandya Narayanan

An exclusive control room meant for garbage complaints will help in handling the situation better in Bengaluru.

Managing waste needs a deeper understanding, no cosmic solutions!

February 27, 2014 Sandya Narayanan

We need more than provocative articles to set the Dry Waste Collection Mechanism right.

Understanding how to segregate waste

October 2, 2012 Pinky Chandran and Sandya Narayanan

Clarifying all you wanted to know about waste segregation – the what, why, where and how to do it! From food waste to recyclables, e-waste to biomedical waste.

Civic

How we started segregating our waste

November 29, 2009 Sandya Narayanan

A sea of plastic bags were sitting around, while all our children were playing in the driveway. An accidental wrong hit and and they would be scrambling amongst the garbage looking for their ball . Something had to be done. And fast.