Bengaluru’s civic body has launched an unusual crackdown on littering, one that literally sends garbage back to the people who dumped it. Under a new initiative called Kasa Suriyuva Habba (Garbage Dumping Festival), officials from the Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) are tracing illegally dumped waste and returning it to the households and shops it came from and dumping it back at their doorsteps. The campaign, aimed at tackling the city’s persistent blackspots, has sparked both applause and outrage across Bengaluru.

According to BSWML Chief Executive Officer Karee Gowda, 218 households across the city were identified for illegally dumping waste, and their discarded garbage was returned to them on Thursday, October 30, as part of an awareness and enforcement drive. The age

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