Greater Bengaluru Authority launches garbage dumping festival
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Bengaluru (PTI): The Greater Bengaluru Authority on Thursday launched the 'Garbage Dumping Festival' in which the civic workers deliberately dumped garbage in front of 218 households and collected Rs 2.8 lakh fine.
The civic authorities decided to teach a lesson to those families, which are indulged in dumping waste in public and not giving it to the garbage collectors.
"Through an innovative awareness initiative titled ‘Garbage Dumping Festival’, waste was deliberately dumped in front of 218 households, and fines amounting to Rs 2.8 lakh were collected," Kare Gowda, Chief Executive Officer of Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), said in a statement.
Although waste is collected from every household across all five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority by auto-tippers every morning, some residents continue to dump garbage on roadsides, footpaths, and vacant sites, he said.
"To curb this behavior and maintain urban cleanliness, BSWML has launched this unique awareness campaign, wherein waste is dumped in front of houses of those found littering public spaces, to help residents realise the inconvenience caused when waste is discarded irresponsibly," Gowda said.
He noted that some people avoid handing over garbage to auto-tippers and instead dump it late at night on roads or empty plots. To sensitise such individuals, waste was intentionally placed in front of their houses.
"Accordingly, in front of 218 such households, waste was dumped today and the fine was collected. The waste was later cleared. Citizens are urged to cooperate in keeping Bengaluru clean and hygienic by segregating wet and dry waste and handing it over to auto-tippers during collection," the CEO of BSWML said.
He also asked people to give segregated waste to the auto-tippers at designated collection times.
Gowda said 65 waste kiosks are planned to be installed across Bengaluru to curb roadside garbage dumping.
These kiosks will contribute significantly to building a ‘Swacch Bengaluru’, he said, adding one such kiosk has already been inaugurated in the BTM Layout and has received positive public response.
The CEO was optimistic that the waste kiosk system will help eliminate black spots, control foul odors, and address related issues.
Each kiosk will have four collection bins with a capacity of 100 liters each. People can drop off their segregated waste at these kiosks free of charge during designated hours, he explained.
He also asked residents to send a message with a photograph of the issue to register a complaint via WhatsApp at 94481 97197.
The officials will take action within a stipulated time to ensure proper waste clearance and resolution, Gowda said.
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Prasidh, Kuldeep limit South Africa to 270 after De Kock's hundred
Visakhapatnam (PTI): India fought back gallantly through Prasidh Krishna and Kuldeep Yadav after Quinton de Kock struck his 23rd hundred, keeping South Africa to a manageable 270 in the third and series-deciding final ODI, here Saturday.
India won the toss after judging the spin of the coin incorrectly 20 times in a row. They had little hesitation in inserting the Proteas into bat, a clear indication of dew factor dominating the thought.
After Arshdeep Singh sent back Ryan Rickelton early, De Kock (106, 89b, 8x4, 6x4) struck his seventh century against India and put on 113 runs off 124 balls with skipper Temba Bavuma (48, 67b) as the visitors moved to a healthy position.
De Kock was severe on Prasidh (4/66), who erred on length continuously in his first spell (2-0-27-0). The left-hander biffed the pacer for 6, 6, 4 in his second over to milk 18 runs.
The 32-year-old quickly pounced on anything that was short, and pacers Prasidh and Harshit offered him plenty of feed on his pet areas.
Bavuma was more sedate, and made runs through those typical dabs and jabs, occasionally unfurling a drive of elan.
De Kock moved to fifty in 42 balls, and never let the tempo down reaching his hundred in 79 balls.
India found temporary relief when Ravindra Jadeja induced a false slash from Bavuma to get caught by Virat Kohli at point.
The tourists got another move on through a 54-run partnership between De Kock and Matthew Breetzkle for the third wicket, and at 168 for two in 28 overs they were in a good position to press on.
But Breetzke's punishment of part-time spinner Tilak Varma forced a rethink in the Indian camp, as skipper KL Rahul brought back Prasidh for a second spell.
What a masterstroke it turned out to be! The Karnataka man broke the back of South Africa’s top and middle order in an exceptional second spell (4-0-11-3).
Breetzke was the first man to go, trapped plumb in front with a straight one and four balls later Aiden Markram uppishly chipped a fuller delivery to Kohli at short covers.
Prasidh soon castled De Kock, whose ugly cross-batted swipe failed to connect a full length delivery from the pacer.
All of a sudden, SA found themselves at a shaky 199 for five, losing three wickets in the space of three overs.
Once Prasidh was done away with the top and middle-order, left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep (4/41) took over and mopped up the tail as SA fell short of even a par total on this track.
