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BENGALURU: Its efforts to weed out ghost garbage-tippers notwithstanding, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) seems to be plagued with contractors continuing to find ways to loot taxpayers. On November 30, 2017, a ward committee under the chairmanship of JP Park corporator Mamtha Vasudev recommended the same contractor’s name for garbage clearance. TimesView The issue of contractors using bogus bills to drain the Palike's coffers has dogged the agency for a long time. Transporting garbage in Ambassador cars — the allegation had earlier surfaced at a BBMP council meeting — is not only bizarre but also points to the rot in the waste management system. A complaint was filed with Yeshwantpur police on July 22, 2018.ACB too conducting probeRR Nagar MLA N Munirathna, under whose jurisdiction JP Park falls, had raised the issue of irregularities in garbage collection at the BBMP council meeting..