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But all that changed when the depot stopped accepting rubbish.However, BT Udaykumar, environmental engineer, claimed the city corporation never collected garbage from GP limits. “Earlier, the panchayat used to dump garbage at Turmuri garbage depot where garbage of the city corporation is disposed, but now the depot is not accepting garbage generated in panchayat limits,” he said.Sambrakar revealed that until 2015-16 city corporation pourkarmikas would collect the garbage and charge a monthly fee which was negligible. Belagavi: Several tony areas dot Benakanahalli village on the outskirts of Belagavi City and although it is a gram panchayat , it has been developed like a city. However, the landscape has been marred with garbage strewn on roadsides and piled in vacant areas.Gram panchayat authorities are neither collecting garbage from households nor disposing of it since the past two years. Fed up, residents have decided to launch an agitation against the local gram panchayat seeking a permanent solution.Mohan Sambrekar, vice-president of Benakanahalli gram panchayat, said the panchayat does not have funds to clear the garbage..