Locals protest lack of doorstep waste collection

Bengaluru | Monday | 1st April, 2019

Summary:

"Lack of a proper disposal system is forcing me to throw garbage in open areas. On Sunday, too, people kept coming in bikes and cars to dump garbage near the railway line, even as the demonstration was under way. The residents have now formed a group - Protest against Garbage - to lobby for a solution to the menace.On March 24, they had staged a similar protest at the railway line. "It was shocking to see people carry bags of garbage on two-wheelers and cars and throw them here. "The concept of door-to-door garbage collection is missing and we have no choice but to throw garbage outside," he added.The problem is acute on 6th and 7th Cross of Munnekolala, where residents have begun throwing garbage in open areas..