Fix at source

Bengaluru must close data gaps, rope in bulk waste generators to cope with its growing piles of rubbish

- SHWETMALA KASHYAP AND ARKALGUD RAMAPRASAD

IT IS that time of the year again in Bengaluru. The first showers of the monsoon season have inundated parts of the city, bringing back memories of September 2022, when India's software capital saw some of the worst floods in its history.

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has initiated drives to remove encroachments and heaps of garbage from stormwater drains. But recurrent flash floods indicate that the city's seemingly robust solid waste management system is either not being implemented effectively or is unable to cope with the burgeoning population.