On Friday morning, Indiranagar resident Sneha Nandihal's front yard turned into a junk pile as trespassers brought three loads of garbage in an auto-rickshaw and dumped it into her compound.
Only Nandihal's aged mother and cook were at home when the incident occurred at 10.30 am. Footage of their activity was captured on the CCTV cameras installed outside the house.
The act is seen as revenge against Nandihal for interfering in the waste collection system in the locality. Nandihal, who is president of the local residents' welfare association, was actively trying to ensure that dry and wet waste from homes were collected separately. Since mixed waste from commercial establishments was posing a problem, she insisted that a separate vendor collect waste from them.
"Every time I attempted to streamline the system, the corporator and garbage mafia ensured that the BBMP did not support us," she wrote in a Facebook post about the incident. She added that she had been "falsely" accused by a sweeper in the past of hitting her with a slipper. Speaking to DH, Nandihal said, "Corporators will come and go. I will continue my work. I belong here." In her complaint to the Indiranagar police, she stated that some people from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) trespassed on her premises and dumped garbage. Sharing pictures and videos of the incident, she sought protection and investigation into the matter.
"The victim wrote the complaint on a piece of a paper and clicked a photograph and sent it by WhatsApp. We will register a non-cognisable case after acquiring the court's permission. The case will be investigated and necessary action taken," a senior police officer said.
When contacted, K C Yathish Kumar, the BBMP's Joint Commissioner of Bengaluru East, under which Indiranagar falls, said it was not clear how so much of garbage reached there. He added that he would call a meeting with the contractors and pourakarmikas (municipal workers) to find out why it happened.
DHcould not immediately reach BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Sarfaraz Khan and local corporator S Anand Kumar for comment.
![]( "Trespassers dumped three loads of garbage in the front yard of Sneha Nandihal's (right) house at Indiranagar on Friday. dh photos")
On Friday morning, Indiranagar resident Sneha Nandihal’s front yard turned into a junk pile as trespassers brought three loads of garbage in an auto-rickshaw and dumped it into her compound.
Only Nandihal’s aged mother and cook were at home when the incident occurred at 10.30 am. Footage of their activity was captured on the CCTV cameras installed outside the house.
The act is seen as revenge against Nandihal for interfering in the waste collection system in the locality. Nandihal, who is president of the local residents’ welfare association, was actively trying to ensure that dry and wet waste from homes were collected separately. Since mixed waste from commercial establishments was posing a problem, she insisted that a separate vendor collect waste from them.
"Every time I attempted to streamline the system, the corporator and garbage mafia ensured that the BBMP did not support us,” she wrote in a Facebook post about the incident. She added that she had been "falsely” accused by a sweeper in the past of hitting her with a slipper. Speaking to DH, Nandihal said, "Corporators will come and go. I will continue my work. I belong here.” In her complaint to the Indiranagar police, she stated that some people from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) trespassed on her premises and dumped garbage. Sharing pictures and videos of the incident, she sought protection and investigation into the matter.
"The victim wrote the complaint on a piece of a paper and clicked a photograph and sent it by WhatsApp. We will register a non-cognisable case after acquiring the court’s permission. The case will be investigated and necessary action taken,” a senior police officer said.
When contacted, K C Yathish Kumar, the BBMP’s Joint Commissioner of Bengaluru East, under which Indiranagar falls, said it was not clear how so much of garbage reached there. He added that he would call a meeting with the contractors and pourakarmikas (municipal workers) to find out why it happened.
DH could not immediately reach BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Sarfaraz Khan and local corporator S Anand Kumar for comment.
Only Nandihal's aged mother and cook were at home when the incident occurred at 10.30 am. Footage of their activity was captured on the CCTV cameras installed outside the house.
The act is seen as revenge against Nandihal for interfering in the waste collection system in the locality. Nandihal, who is president of the local residents' welfare association, was actively trying to ensure that dry and wet waste from homes were collected separately. Since mixed waste from commercial establishments was posing a problem, she insisted that a separate vendor collect waste from them.
"Every time I attempted to streamline the system, the corporator and garbage mafia ensured that the BBMP did not support us," she wrote in a Facebook post about the incident. She added that she had been "falsely" accused by a sweeper in the past of hitting her with a slipper. Speaking to DH, Nandihal said, "Corporators will come and go. I will continue my work. I belong here." In her complaint to the Indiranagar police, she stated that some people from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) trespassed on her premises and dumped garbage. Sharing pictures and videos of the incident, she sought protection and investigation into the matter.
"The victim wrote the complaint on a piece of a paper and clicked a photograph and sent it by WhatsApp. We will register a non-cognisable case after acquiring the court's permission. The case will be investigated and necessary action taken," a senior police officer said.
When contacted, K C Yathish Kumar, the BBMP's Joint Commissioner of Bengaluru East, under which Indiranagar falls, said it was not clear how so much of garbage reached there. He added that he would call a meeting with the contractors and pourakarmikas (municipal workers) to find out why it happened.
DHcould not immediately reach BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Sarfaraz Khan and local corporator S Anand Kumar for comment.
On Friday morning, Indiranagar resident Sneha Nandihal’s front yard turned into a junk pile as trespassers brought three loads of garbage in an auto-rickshaw and dumped it into her compound. Only Nandihal’s aged mother and cook were at home when the incident occurred at 10.30 am. Footage of their activity was captured on the CCTV cameras installed outside the house.
The act is seen as revenge against Nandihal for interfering in the waste collection system in the locality. Nandihal, who is president of the local residents’ welfare association, was actively trying to ensure that dry and wet waste from homes were collected separately. Since mixed waste from commercial establishments was posing a problem, she insisted that a separate vendor collect waste from them.
"Every time I attempted to streamline the system, the corporator and garbage mafia ensured that the BBMP did not support us,” she wrote in a Facebook post about the incident. She added that she had been "falsely” accused by a sweeper in the past of hitting her with a slipper. Speaking to DH, Nandihal said, "Corporators will come and go. I will continue my work. I belong here.” In her complaint to the Indiranagar police, she stated that some people from the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) trespassed on her premises and dumped garbage. Sharing pictures and videos of the incident, she sought protection and investigation into the matter.
"The victim wrote the complaint on a piece of a paper and clicked a photograph and sent it by WhatsApp. We will register a non-cognisable case after acquiring the court’s permission. The case will be investigated and necessary action taken,” a senior police officer said.
When contacted, K C Yathish Kumar, the BBMP’s Joint Commissioner of Bengaluru East, under which Indiranagar falls, said it was not clear how so much of garbage reached there. He added that he would call a meeting with the contractors and pourakarmikas (municipal workers) to find out why it happened.
DH could not immediately reach BBMP Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad, BBMP Joint Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Sarfaraz Khan and local corporator S Anand Kumar for comment.