The Hindu 15.02.2010
Garbage, sand cleared from roads
Staff Correspondent
| The exercise was undertaken to prevent vehicles from skidding |
Personal touch: Hassan City Municipal Corporation president Ambika Ravishankar supervising the clearance of garbage in Hassan on Sunday.
HASSAN: Hassan City Municipal Council president Ambika Ravishankar supervised the clearing of garbage from the main roads in Hassan. A total of 50-tractor loads of sand and garbage were cleared on Sunday, the first day of the operation.
Complaints
Ms. Ravishankar, who started the operation at 6 a.m. despite heavy fog, told The Hindu that there had been several complaints from the people, particularly from two-wheeler drivers, that the sand on the road caused skidding and led to accidents. Areas around Bangalore-Mangalore road, stadium road, M.G. Road and the Narasimha Raja Circle were covered on Sunday.
Market shifted
Ms. Ravishankar said that following complaints from students and others around Government Arts College stating that the weekly market caused a lot of traffic congestion on the road, the market had been shifted to stadium road since Tuesday last.
