Nearly 46% of auto tippers that collect garbage are not tracked
The Hindu
Civic body decides to not clear bills of vehicles that don’t have GPS tracking system
Though door-to-door garbage collection was introduced by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), many neighbourhoods in the city have yet to benefit from it. One of the reasons for the civic body’s failure to achieve 100% collection is the lack of tracking devices on the fleet of auto tippers and compactors.
By the BBMP’s own submission, nearly 46% of auto tippers that are involved in door-to-door collection of waste and 29% of compactors that are secondary transportation vehicles are not being tracked. GPS tracking systems are yet to be installed in these vehicles or the systems are malfunctioning.
As per the division-wise GPS report early this month, of the 5,279 auto tippers, only 2,827 had GPS, while of the 534 compactors, 379 have GPS. The report stated that a whopping 2,452 auto tippers and 155 compactors are shown as ‘not reporting’.