Shivakumar Plans Black Soldier Fly Composting in Bengaluru

Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister, D K Shivakumar, wants to start a new way of turning waste into compost using black soldier flies in Bengaluru.

This method has been tried in Mangaluru and was even talked about by the Prime Minister.

The plan is to build four waste management plants in different parts of the city.

However, some people, like a local MLA named Dheeraj Muniraju, don't want the plant in Doddaballapur because they say it has already caused problems for the people living there.

The government says they will make sure the new plants are safe and good for the environment.

They also want to take over a company called Terra Firma Bio Technologies Limited, which was shut down in 2016 for not following the rules.

The government has already bought land to build a new waste management plant.

Another politician, R Ashoka, suggests making waste management an essential service to stop what he calls the 'garbage mafia' from causing problems.