Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) estimates that the city produces 150 tonnes of animal waste every day but says there is no mechanism to control or properly dispose it of.
Determined to find a solution to this, Mahadevapura Task Force (MTF), a citizens group set up by local MLA Arvind Limbavali, has come together with the local administration to build Bengalurus first animal waste processing plant, with an initial capacity of 20 tonnes.
The plant has been sanctioned by the gram panchayat of Kannuru and will be constructed under a private-public PARTNERSHIP model. The plan is to collect animal waste from all shops in the constituency for free and process it into usable products that will be sold to relevant dealers and businesses. An inaugural ceremony a bhoomi pooja was conducted to kickstart the project on July 2.