Accordingly Bengaluru’s hub of New Year celebrations Brigade Road, MG Road and Church Street were cleaned up just hours after the revelry ended on january 1. Meanwhile as per report at 3 am, around 50 BBMP workers collected trash which included over 500 liquor bottles and 150 pairs of slippers and shoes, cigarette butts, and five tonnes of plastic and paper waste.
Furthermore the drive by the BBMP was along the lines of the clean-up done at New York's Times Square every year after the celebrations of New Year's Day. The clean-up drive went on till 7 am and residents in the area were in for a pleasant surprise when they woke up on wednesday morning. Apparently the BBMP Mayor Gowtham Kumar said that the clean-up was led by Shantalanagar (ward number 111) junior health inspector Santosh raj M, who said that he wanted to surprise residents who usually blame the civic body for the mess created on New Year's Day.
Moreover the Ugly indian (TUI), a citizen volunteer group arrived in front of the MG Road Metro Station at 10 am to start Trashure, an activity wherein volunteers were to locate trash and photograph the same. They were however in for a pleasant surprise as the area was cleaned up and they only managed to gather eight kg of trash, most from roadside shops.
