<p>The government has effectively abdicated its administrative responsibility and handed over the reins to the garbage mafia by setting up an autonomous waste management council, the AAP has said.</p>.<p>Aam Aadmi Party’s Shanthala Dhamle said garbage management has an annual budget of Rs 1,200 crore and has become a fertile ground for the mafia.</p>.<p>She said the move will only make the BBMP weaker as it loses control over a key issue. "Water supply, asset management, schools, hospital management and many other duties have been taken away from the BBMP," she said, adding that the Palike will be reduced to a grievance cell.</p>.<p>The AAP also said the autonomous council will end people’s right to question, while their elected representatives washed their hands of the sanitisation responsibility and become hand-in-glove with the mafia.</p>.<p>Recently, the government has sought the BBMP’s opinion on setting up a separate agency to oversee waste processing.</p>
<p>The government has effectively abdicated its administrative responsibility and handed over the reins to the garbage mafia by setting up an autonomous waste management council, the AAP has said.</p>.<p>Aam Aadmi Party’s Shanthala Dhamle said garbage management has an annual budget of Rs 1,200 crore and has become a fertile ground for the mafia.</p>.<p>She said the move will only make the BBMP weaker as it loses control over a key issue. "Water supply, asset management, schools, hospital management and many other duties have been taken away from the BBMP," she said, adding that the Palike will be reduced to a grievance cell.</p>.<p>The AAP also said the autonomous council will end people’s right to question, while their elected representatives washed their hands of the sanitisation responsibility and become hand-in-glove with the mafia.</p>.<p>Recently, the government has sought the BBMP’s opinion on setting up a separate agency to oversee waste processing.</p>