The Hindu 29.10.2013
Women councillors join market clean-up act
For six weeks now, K.R. Market here has been getting
much needed attention, with students and celebrities participating in
the intensive cleaning programmes.
On Monday, it was
the turn of Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s women councillors, who
with some celebrity assistance from actor Malavika Avinash, took on the
task of cleaning the market and creating awareness among traders and
customers about responsible waste disposal. Even the light drizzle did
not deter them as they donned rubber gloves and went about the task at
hand with gusto.
Ms. Malavika said, “It is a divine
cause and I am not ashamed to pick up a pile of garbage and discard it
in a dustbin. One does not feel shame while doing the same thing at
home. To restore the lost glory of this historical market, the clean up
drive must be taken seriously by vendors. It is not just the
responsibility of the BBMP.”
Mayor B.S.
Sathyanarayana lamented that six weeks of cleaning had not thrown up
satisfactory results. Vendors must dispose of waste responsibly, he
said, and added that this transition could not happen overnight.
