After all the bad publicity it earned over the issue of garbage disposal, the Bangalore Corporation or Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has decided to use a software called ‘Nav Sustain’ to keep tabs on its garbage disposal management.
According to BBMP sources, the civic body wants to use Nav Sustain, a software developed by Navigem Data, based in the US and Canada to assess the performance of the garbage contractors and waste collection. The software based on SAS (software as service) model is expected to keep tabs on the contractors and collectors in waste disposal.
The garbage disposal has become a major problem in Bangalore and has attracted bad criticism from mass media across the globe. The city generates over 3,600 tonnes of waste every day and it has become a major challenge to the civic body which boasts of IT city at par with the Silicon Valley of the USA.
The Congress Government in the State has given a time limit of six months to the BBMP to work out a solution to its piling garbage across the city. The garbage collection is done through contractors and for the Palike it has become a major problem to keep a tab on the contractors.
According to a senior corporation official, who is involved in finding a long-term solutions to the waste disposal, many contractors are violating norms. The software, according to the official, would be an alternative to resolve the garbage problem in Bangalore. He said, “We are worried over piling of garbage in the city. We are looking at using the software to bring the contractors under watch. We hope Nav Sustain would help in the management of waste disposal.”
The official felt the contractors were violating all norms cheating the corporation and it was difficult to man them manually. The piling up of garbage has posed a major environmental hazard and green activists were up against the corporation for the bad management of solid waste disposal. The software company Navigem conducted a survey and found there was lack of scientific data on waste management.
According to Madhu Kongovi, CEO of Navigem, with a scientific data analysis of the waste problem one could certainly work out a solution to the garbage disposal problem of Bangalore city. For corporation, this software might end and manage the longstanding stink of Bangalore.
According to the BBMP officials, the use of software would enable ward officials to compare the actual collection of garbage by a contractor with the targeted collection he should have done. This would further enable the municipal body to assess the adequacy of man and equipments needed at a particular site. Any inadequacy in the actual number required translates into garbage left behind. Even though it looks very simple, officials hope to have a control over the contractors and manage the waste disposal in Bangalore.