<p>Unhappy with the meeting held with chief minister on June 13, the Mandur residents staged a protest on Saturday demanding the State government and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take immediate steps to solve garbage crisis.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Members of various associations, politicians and senior freedom fighter H S Doreswamy took part in the protest. Doreswamy said the State government should find a permanent solution to the crisis and should no longer dump the garbage at Mandur.<br /><br />“The villagers are facing this problem for a long time and they should not be punished anymore. The State government should empathise with them. The six-month deadline set by them is a long time.”<br /><br />The freedom fighter said the government must find alternative sites outside the City.<br /><br />“The government should appoint tahsildar and other officials concerned to find a vacant place in two to three days time,” he said. The residents have threatened that from June 15, 10 people would go on an indefinite hunger strike.<br /><br />“We will not allow any garbage trucks to enter the landfill area in the night. The strike will go on till our demands are met,” they said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Doreswamy said that he along with volunteers from Brashtachara Nirmoolana Vedike would stage a protest opposite Town Hall on June 16, 17 and 18.He said he will also join the hunger strike by villagers after the protests.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Unhappy with the meeting held with chief minister on June 13, the Mandur residents staged a protest on Saturday demanding the State government and Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take immediate steps to solve garbage crisis.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Members of various associations, politicians and senior freedom fighter H S Doreswamy took part in the protest. Doreswamy said the State government should find a permanent solution to the crisis and should no longer dump the garbage at Mandur.<br /><br />“The villagers are facing this problem for a long time and they should not be punished anymore. The State government should empathise with them. The six-month deadline set by them is a long time.”<br /><br />The freedom fighter said the government must find alternative sites outside the City.<br /><br />“The government should appoint tahsildar and other officials concerned to find a vacant place in two to three days time,” he said. The residents have threatened that from June 15, 10 people would go on an indefinite hunger strike.<br /><br />“We will not allow any garbage trucks to enter the landfill area in the night. The strike will go on till our demands are met,” they said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Doreswamy said that he along with volunteers from Brashtachara Nirmoolana Vedike would stage a protest opposite Town Hall on June 16, 17 and 18.He said he will also join the hunger strike by villagers after the protests.<br /><br /></p>
