BSWML to ‘return’ garbage to homes of habitual litterbugs
Bengaluru: With garbage black spots mushrooming across the city, the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) has come under fire for failing to curb littering in public spaces despite deploying marshals across wards.
To send a strong message, the civic body has come up with a novel plan of dumping garbage back at the homes of habitual offenders, as reported by Deccan Herald.
Starting Thursday, BSWML will begin tracing the residences of those responsible for black spots and returning the collected waste to them as part of an awareness and enforcement drive.
“Despite awareness drives and fines, people continue to litter without handing it over to our vehicles. This move is meant to hold them accountable,” DH quoted Karee Gowda, CEO of BSWM, as saying.
Marshals deployed in all wards have been instructed to identify repeat violators and video record them while dumping waste to serve as evidence. Officials clarified that such offenders are being tracked primarily in areas where door-to-door waste collection is functioning effectively.
While BSWML expects the initiative to act as a deterrent, especially among households that are yet to adopt waste segregation and proper disposal practices, experts have urged the civic body to simultaneously plug gaps in the existing collection system.
They point to persistent challenges such as a shortage of auto tippers in certain Assembly segments, irregular collection timings, and instances where garbage vehicles skip houses that require drivers to wait or take longer routes, added the report.
There have also been complaints about drivers refusing to collect certain types of waste, including thermocol, tender coconuts, and broken glass pieces.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
