Garbage collection resumes in Bengaluru, contractors allege BSWML of using threats, ignoring dues

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Sanitation workers and contractors allege that portion    households are being asked to segregate discarded  into 3  categories, drivers and postulation  workers are spending hours sorting out mixed waste, exposing themselves to hazardous materials. 

Sanitation workers and contractors allege that portion households are being asked to segregate discarded into 3 categories, drivers and postulation workers are spending hours sorting out mixed waste, exposing themselves to hazardous materials.  | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN

A time aft garbage postulation was halted successful much than 50 wards crossed the city, services resumed connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026), with workers saying determination were nary disruptions and that operations would proceed arsenic accustomed from Wednesday (March 25, 2026), including successful areas that missed postulation connected Tuesday.  

The disruption connected March 23 was triggered by delayed wage payments and objections to a caller regularisation connected discarded segregation. While the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) has insisted connected stricter segregation of discarded astatine source, contractors person opposed the move, arguing that the work lies with discarded generators, not postulation staff. 

Published - March 24, 2026 04:22 p.m. IST

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