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Section 288. Duty of owners and occupiers of premises to store solid wastes at the source of the generation.

THE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE ACT, 2020

Act no. 53 of 20202020Repealed 15 May 2025Karnataka (State Act)

This Act was repealed on 15 May 2025 by the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), s.361(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

288. Duty of owners and occupiers of premises to store solid wastes at the source of the generation.-It shall be the duty of the owners and the occupiers of all lands and building in the Corporation area. – (1) to have the premises swept and cleaned on a regular basis; (2) to provide for separate receptacles or disposal bags for the storage of (a) organic and bio-degradable wastes, (b) recyclable or non-bio-degradable wastes, and (c) domestic hazardous wastes so as to ensure that these different types of wastes do not get mixed; (d) to keep such receptacles in good condition and order; and (e) to cause all such wastes, including rubbish, any noxious or offensive matter, night soil, filth, , dung, bones, ashes, carcasses of dead animals, bio-medical wastes and other polluted and obnoxious matters to be collected from their respective premises and to be deposited in community bins or receptacles at such times and in such places as the Zonal Commissioner may, by notice, specify.