<p class="title">The NGT on Monday ordered the chief secretary to take action against BBMP officials for their failure to prevent the illegal dumping of garbage at Bagalur in northern Bengaluru. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The green tribunal's principal bench headed by Adarsh Kumar Goel also instructed T M Vijay Bhaskar, the chief secretary, to submit a separate report before the next hearing, detailing the action taken against the errant BBMP officials. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The bench also ruled: "We also consider it necessary to require the commissioner, BBMP, to remain present in person before this tribunal, along with all the relevant statistics, on August 20." </p>.<p class="bodytext">The order further read: "A copy of the order be also sent to the chief secretary, Karnataka, and Justice Subhash Adi, Chairman, Monitoring Committee for Solid Waste Management, by e-mail." </p>.<p class="bodytext">During an earlier hearing, the green bench had prohibited the dumping of all kinds of solid waste on quarries and sought a time-bound action plan for starting bio-mining at all quarry sites. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, the BBMP was directed to prepare a plan for collection, transport and disposal of segregated solid waste as per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. </p>
<p class="title">The NGT on Monday ordered the chief secretary to take action against BBMP officials for their failure to prevent the illegal dumping of garbage at Bagalur in northern Bengaluru. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The green tribunal's principal bench headed by Adarsh Kumar Goel also instructed T M Vijay Bhaskar, the chief secretary, to submit a separate report before the next hearing, detailing the action taken against the errant BBMP officials. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The bench also ruled: "We also consider it necessary to require the commissioner, BBMP, to remain present in person before this tribunal, along with all the relevant statistics, on August 20." </p>.<p class="bodytext">The order further read: "A copy of the order be also sent to the chief secretary, Karnataka, and Justice Subhash Adi, Chairman, Monitoring Committee for Solid Waste Management, by e-mail." </p>.<p class="bodytext">During an earlier hearing, the green bench had prohibited the dumping of all kinds of solid waste on quarries and sought a time-bound action plan for starting bio-mining at all quarry sites. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, the BBMP was directed to prepare a plan for collection, transport and disposal of segregated solid waste as per the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. </p>