Villagers protest over garbge dumping, block BBMP trucks
Angry villagers at the landfill site, of Old Madras Road, near Hoskote, blocked Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara palike (BBMP) trucks from disposing garbage and refused to heed warnings by the police posted in the village.
Since they are left with no option, BBMP would continue dumping waste in Mandur. The garbage crisis took an ugly face in Bangalore.
There was a night long vigil mounted by the demonstrators, civic authorities hinted that protestors could be taken into custody to resume waste dumping.
Lathicharge was ordered when the protestors did not pay heed to the warning by the police to call off the protest.
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