A meeting over garbage disposal between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and residents of the Mandur village remained inconclusive with village representatives walking out midway through the meet. The representatives of the people of Mandur walked out after the Chief Minister asked them to wait for six more months for the city corporation to stop dumping garbage in their backyard. The proposal by the CM was deemed unacceptable by the citizen representatives from Mandur in the light of the destruction of ecology. In the course of a two-hour closed door meeting with the residents of Mandur, Siddaramaiah placed an offer of regular health check up, drinking water supply and frequent visits by the local MLA. He also offered supplies of mosquito repellent and a compensation package for six months. The citizens' representatives however rejected the offer as being insensitive and meaningless, Prema, one of the Mandur delegates who attended the meeting said following the walk out. “My son suffers from skin allergies each time he has a bath. Can the CM's freebies prevent this from happening?'' she asked. The residents have demanded a complete halt to waste dumping at Mandur. Coming out of the meeting, Siddharamaiha said that around 5000 tonnes of waste is generated every day in Bangalore, of which 2000 tonnes get sent to Mandur. "It should have stopped a year ago but did not. We have asked for six more months time from the residents for the completion of the waste segregation plants at other sites. After that we don't have to dump at Mandur," he said. On being asked if he would give his assurances to the residents of Mandur in writing, Siddaramaiah said the BBMP must do it. He said that talks would continue to convince the residents of Mandur to allow dumping for six more months.
