Deccan Herald 05.07.2013
Your photo on waste may make MCC work
Is there a mount of waste near your house? If
yes, better click a photo and mail it to Mysore Grahakara Parishat
(MGP), for a contest organised to highlight the failure of Mysore City
Corporation (MCC) in dealing with the problem.
The
contest titled ‘Kasada photo spardhe’ (photography contest on waste)
also aims at sending a warning to the officers, who resort to lip
service as and when there is a complaint from concerned citizens.
Mahesh
and Prasad S A of MGP told Deccan Herald, when all our efforts to make
officials act over the raging issue failed, it was decided to plan for
an unique way to whip the local body. After much deliberation, an
exclusive contest to hold mirror to the apathy of officials was mooted.
Prasad said, the city may have been adjudged second
best city (for cleanliness) after Chandigarh in the recent past, but
still ‘disposal of waste has remained a permanent problem’.
Earlier,
MGP had supported another such protest against potholes, organised by a
local organisation, by planting saplings in potholes.
Contestants
may send three entries (three photos) each. First prize will be Rs
1,000, second prize- Rs 500 and third prize Rs 250. There is no entry
fee. Entries will be not received through post. Mail them to
mygrapa@gmail.com along with your details. The last date is July 31.
Contact 0821-2515150.