Overview

• The Biocon executive chairperson wrote that a lack of civic sense and BBMP incompetence has left the city filthy, urging citizens to stop creating garbage black spots.
• She called for better equipment and training for pourakarmikas and said zonal commissioners must take ownership of solid-waste management.
• Her remarks followed a GBA video of a Malleswaram clean-up that she described as shoddily finished despite reclaiming the footpath.
• Residents echoed that the work looked superficial, questioned where cleared waste was dumped, and cited worsening black spots from Banashankari to other corridors along with calls for properly located transfer points and broader DWCC intake.
• Officials point to accelerated pothole repairs and a new reporting app, while Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar argues Bengaluru is being unfairly singled out by comparisons to potholes even near the Prime Minister’s residence in Delhi.