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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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
