BENGALURU: Is it not ironical that while Mysuru has been adjudged cleanest city of India thrice under Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, the garden city has localities riddled with black spots?
The residents at JHBCS Layout near Kadirenahalli cross are compelled to stay amidst stink and walk over leachate as garbage dumping by nearby eateries and houses continue unabated.
Though the garbage is lifted regularly from the layout, the residents claim that hardly anything has been done, either by the corporator or the BBMP, to stop the illegal dumping, which has been taking place for the past several years.
“We have approached the unreachable corporator several times. We are forced to stay indoors as the stink is unbearable. If the BBMP delays in lifting the garbage even for a day, it becomes unbearable to stay even indoors,” said Vivek Gupta, who has been staying in the locality for the past four years.
Much after the completion of the underpass at Kadernahalli service road in 2012, the debris that was dumped at the edge of the vast vacant land has not been cleared even after five years. The edge has now turned out to be the garbage dumping ground. Not only the residents, but even commuters passing by the area have harrowing time during traffic snarls. The roads are riddled with potholes and come under BBMP’s Major Roads department, but little had been done to fix them.
“The residents staying in the vicinity of the garbage dump face health issues. I am not putting the entire blame at civil administration’s feet, but the residents are also responsible. In order to avoid segregating the waste, the eateries and residents throw the garbage in the vacant land,” said Kanhaiya Kumar, a resident.
The residents demand the installation of CCTV cameras in the vicinity, as has been done in some alleys of the layout.
They complain that in their personal interactions with the BBMP engineers, they came to the conclusion that BBMP finds themselves in tricky situation at Ilyas Nagar, which comes under ward number 181 while tackling the garbage menace.
“The BBMP engineers had to remove animal waste, which comes from nearby meat shops, but now the situation has been brought under control. We expect the BBMP to impose fines on eateries and residential complexes which are violating the law,” said A.K. Masood, a 74-year-old resident.
