Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Bengaluru Chicken Shops Plan Two-Day Shutdown Over Waste Fee
Chicken sellers in Bengaluru plan to stop working for two days.
They are protesting a new fee for taking away chicken waste.
The fee is ₹5 for every kilogram of waste.
A shop making about 30 kilograms of waste each day could pay around ₹150 daily.
That could cost the shop nearly ₹4,500 each month.
Sellers say this would make running their businesses harder.
They will demonstrate at Freedom Park on September 3.
All participating shops are expected to close on September 4.
Chicken shops across Bengaluru plan to close on September 3 and 4 over a ₹5-per-kg waste disposal charge.
The Karnataka Poultry Traders Association will hold a demonstration at Freedom Park on September 3.
The association says the shutdown could affect around 6,000 to 7,000 chicken shops.
Traders estimate a typical shop would pay about ₹150 daily, or nearly ₹4,500 monthly, for waste disposal.
The association says Bengaluru generates two to three lakh kilograms of chicken waste daily and wants the charge reconsidered.
- Who
- The Karnataka Poultry Traders Association and chicken shop owners in Bengaluru.
- What
- A planned two-day shutdown and demonstration protesting a ₹5-per-kg waste disposal charge.
- When
- September 3 and 4.
- Where
- Chicken shops across Bengaluru; the demonstration will take place at Freedom Park.
- Why
- Traders oppose the additional cost, saying it would increase financial pressure on small and medium-sized chicken retailers.
Chicken Traders
Waste Management Authorities
Waste disposal fee
Chicken Traders
The Karnataka Poultry Traders Association opposes the ₹5-per-kg charge and says it would increase the financial burden on shop owners.
Waste Management Authorities
Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited has fixed the waste disposal charge at ₹5 per kilogram.
Impact on businesses
Chicken Traders
Traders say the added expense could particularly affect small and medium-sized retailers already facing rising operating costs.
Waste Management Authorities
The articles do not state the authorities' response to traders' concerns or explain the rationale for the charge.
Policy decision
Chicken Traders
The association is demanding that authorities reconsider the disposal fee and is organizing a shutdown and demonstration.
Waste Management Authorities
The charge remains in place, according to the articles.
- Waste disposal charge
- ₹5 per kilogram, imposed by Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited.
- Protest dates
- September 3 and 4.
- Expected affected shops
- Around 6,000 to 7,000 chicken shops across Bengaluru.
- Estimated daily chicken sales
- Around seven lakh kilograms in Bengaluru.
- Estimated daily waste
- Two to three lakh kilograms, according to the traders' association.
- Typical shop waste
- Around 30 kilograms per day.
- Estimated typical monthly cost
- Nearly ₹4,500 per shop.