This AI-driven platform is taking Bengaluru’s garbage complaints public
NammaKasa is a new AI-driven platform launched in Bengaluru to help citizens report garbage blackspots in their neighborhoods. Created by Jyothish VM, the platform has already facilitated the reporting of over 5,200 garbage issues since its launch. It aims to improve civic engagement and waste management through community participation and real-time reporting.
- ▪NammaKasa encourages citizens to report garbage blackspots using a digital platform.
- ▪Since its launch, 5,202 reports have been filed across 338 wards in Bengaluru.
- ▪The platform has led to the cleaning of 211 garbage black spots, primarily in Mahadevapura.
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A walk on a road in any Indian city is incomplete without one stepping in or passing by a mound of garbage. Entitled citizens treating city roads as an open trash bin are unfortunately more common than one would like but one person in Bengaluru hopes to change this. Jyothish VM | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Read more |Garbage hotspots on rise amid new solid waste management rulesLast month, Jyothish VM launched NammaKasa, a digital platform created using AI that encourages citizens to report garbage blackspots in their localities. “I had been complaining about Bengaluru’s garbage problem like everyone else, talking about it, doing nothing.
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