Bangalore’s garbage problem stems from its two-decade transformation into India’s technology capital, so it seems appropriate that a new plan to clean up the mess is coming from an executive at one of the city’s technology companies.
Prashant Mehra has developed a cloud-basedtechnology network, now being tested privately, that he hopes will make garbage disposal and recycling more efficient, provide better working conditions for people who collect and separate the garbage, and lead to city streets that don’t double as dumps.The goal is to get 7,000 collectors on one cloud-based system with 21 NGOs acting as trainers and managers. The ragpickers would collect the recyclable material directly from apartment blocks that participate in the program, then take dry waste to collection centres where they would sell it.
“The biggest advantage of the IGG (I Got Garbage) platform is that it will ease out the management issues. For complete reading and original post see here
