The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has divided Bengaluru’s 27 Assembly constituencies into 33 packages for a new waste-management tender process, according to Minister Krishna Byre Gowda. The initiative is intended to improve transparency and promote more scientific handling of waste across the city.

The minister said work orders had already been issued for five packages covering five Assembly constituencies. The release did not identify the contractors appointed for these packages or provide details of the areas where operations are due to begin.

Contractors are expected to invest about Rs. 100 mn for each package. They had sought between 1.5 and 2 months to organise their operations and commence work, indicating that the transition to the new arrangements will require an initial mobilisation period.

The tender and work-order process is being taken up as part of efforts to restructure waste-management services under the GBA. The available information does not establish the final contractor list, service levels, payments, or the timetable for a ward-wise rollout.

The release also denied claims of wrongdoing in the tender process. Those claims have not been treated as established facts, and no further evidence or independent findings were provided in the material available for this report. The authority’s division of the city into 33 packages is therefore the confirmed administrative detail, while implementation outcomes remain to be assessed as the contracts progress.