Bengaluru Faces Imminent Waste Emergency as Protesters Block Garbage Trucks

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News18•18-02-2026, 18:34
Bengaluru Faces Imminent Waste Emergency as Protesters Block Garbage Trucks
- •Garbage collection in Bengaluru is threatened as trucks are blocked from reaching dumping and treatment facilities.
- •Protests by Mittaganahalli and Bellahalli residents over unreleased village development funds have halted waste transport.
- •MLA Manjula Aravind Limbavali reportedly directed locals to block trucks, escalating the dispute.
- •In Bagalur, a garbage truck was stopped following public outrage over a boy's death, further disrupting waste movement.
- •An alternative plan to divert trucks to Doddaballapur was also blocked by MLA Dheeraj Muniraju, raising fears of a city-wide waste crisis.
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