Garbage woes, building violations take centre stage at east corporation meeting

Chaos swept through the Bengaluru East City Corporation (BECC) office on Tuesday during the public meeting with Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) chief M. Maheshwar Rao, as a big crowd gathered for the event, grew impatient while waiting for their turn. More than 200 people gathered at the BECC head office in Mahadevapura, and the issues raised were largely about building violations, e-khata issues, poor footpath stretches, solid waste management, and illegal constructions.

A resident of AECS Layout drew Mr. Rao’s attention to the irregularity of waste collection tippers and said, “Waste collection is happening only once a week, forcing residents to throw garbage on the streets, which is making walking impossible”. The same issue was raised by at least eight residents from the area, with one person asking the corporation to give them poison instead of killing them slowly by spreading diseases through garbage pile-ups.