<p>The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a proposal to establish three integrated solid waste management parks near Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Urban Development department (UDD) has prepared the proposal in order to address the problem of garbage disposal. <br /><br />Initiatives such as waste-to-energy, waste-to-compost and recycling of waste will be taken up under one roof without causing any environmental pollution in the vicinity, Law Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after the meeting.<br /><br />These parks will have high compound walls and buffer zone. The meeting has given an in-principle approval to the proposal. The UDD will next come up with a detailed project report in this regard. The department is yet to finalise the locations for establishing the parks, he added.<br /><br />The meeting approved a long-pending proposal to fill select lakes in Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural districts with treated-waste water generated in Bengaluru city. <br /><br />The lift-irrigation project, which is estimated to cost Rs 883.54 crore, envisages filling 54 lakes in the two arid districts. <br /><br />The project is intended to recharge the underground water, he said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The council of ministers on Wednesday approved a proposal to establish three integrated solid waste management parks near Bengaluru.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Urban Development department (UDD) has prepared the proposal in order to address the problem of garbage disposal. <br /><br />Initiatives such as waste-to-energy, waste-to-compost and recycling of waste will be taken up under one roof without causing any environmental pollution in the vicinity, Law Minister T B Jayachandra told reporters after the meeting.<br /><br />These parks will have high compound walls and buffer zone. The meeting has given an in-principle approval to the proposal. The UDD will next come up with a detailed project report in this regard. The department is yet to finalise the locations for establishing the parks, he added.<br /><br />The meeting approved a long-pending proposal to fill select lakes in Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru Rural districts with treated-waste water generated in Bengaluru city. <br /><br />The lift-irrigation project, which is estimated to cost Rs 883.54 crore, envisages filling 54 lakes in the two arid districts. <br /><br />The project is intended to recharge the underground water, he said.<br /><br /></p>