The good citizen
For 2 days the garbage collection truck did not come to Umesh' house. His house is in HSR layout - one of the popular residential layouts of Bangalore. He took the trash out in search of a garbage bin nearby.
There was none.
The good citizen he is, he did not throw it in the nearest vacant land, and hopped into his car along with the trash bag. He drove around his sector of HSR Layout, then the next, and the next - in search of a garbage bin.
There was none.
Then he drove out to the Outer Ring Road, and still did not find any.
Not willing to give up, he walked into his office on outer ring road, the garbage bag replacing his laptop bag that usually walks in with him..
He looked around and finally found one on the 7th floor of the building.
He dumped his garbage bag in that garbage bin - a proud moment for the city that has citizens such as him.
But, what happens when the garbage truck does not come to his house the next time? What did other people in his layout do - who don't have a vehicle or an office or were getting late for their kids' school?
I got a forward this morning about this initiative to clean Bangalore in a day: http://www.cbengaluru.com/. It is a drive organized by an NGO - Anonymous Indian (?!), calling all citizens of Bangalore to join in this noble drive on August-15.
(Of course, this is a well implemented prank! Thanks, Anon!)
But, what are the city administrators doing??? I am sure they will not get the point that the joke is on them!
3 comments:
After registration, we get an email saying take a broom , take a bag, and clean your area up. Quite brilliantly organized!! Argh.
We have all the trash cans we need in our neighborhood and people here still leave drinking water bottles and paper lying around. The local river park is already at a worst with trash strewn around and in the water. Aargh! How hard is it to carry a small bag along for trash after a picnic? (let alone using the cans placed all around the river)
@Anon: Thanks for trying it out :) Bangalore survives on enthusiastic folks like you..
@Anna: That's sad.. And I suggest that if you come to Chennai, don't visit good old Elliots Beach, your heart will shatter to shreds..
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