Inspection of Solid Waste Management and Disposal , GBA and Sub Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayat Raj Institutions of the Karnataka Legislature, CAG, and MLA’s Ramesh Bandi Siddegowda , Ravi subramanya at Secondary MSW (Municipal Solid Waste) Transfer Station at HBR Layout in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
“The AWS system costs an additional Rs 10 crore and needs several personnel to manage. Each new transfer station is expected to cost around Rs 11-14 crore. The city is expected to have a total of 30 such transfer stations in a year.
However, a BSWML staffer, on condition of anonymity, said the AWS system was not cost-effective and had therefore been excluded from newer transfer stations, including the one in Vasanth Nagar. TOI had recently reported that the upcoming stations would not have AWS systems, with officials citing budget constraints and the technology’s limited processing capacity.
Bengaluru: Members of the legislative sub-committee on local bodies and panchayati raj institutions, who Wednesday inspected secondary waste transfer stations operated by Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), said they would suggest to govt that all such facilities be equipped with automated waste segregation (AWS) systems. Following the inspection, committee members said they would suggest to the govt that all transfer stations be equipped with AWS systems to ensure uniformity in waste management across the city. We tried it here and found that the setup was not worth the high cost,” he said, adding that segregation at source was the only effective way to prevent waste from getting mixed.
The committee first inspected the new station at Vasanth Nagar in Shivajinagar assembly constituency, which is currently on a trial run. It then inspected an operational station next to Kacharakanahalli Lake in Sarvagnanagar assembly constituency. The latter is equipped with an AWS facility that segregates wet and dry waste using density, magnetic and pneumatic (air-pressure) methods.