After several (failed) attempts to solve the city's waste management issues, the state government has now decided to turn to technology to ease its woes. This involves the introduction of smart bins and waste transfer stations across the city.
The availability of platelets at hospitals can be checked on the drug controller’s website, but it's not enough - BBMP Commissioner Manjunatha Prasad assures that platelets will also be made accessible to the underprivileged free of cost.
Villagers in Bangalore locked the BBMP commissioner, G. Kumar Naik, in a waste treatment facility. They had numerous complaints resulting from their proximity to the plant.