Bengaluru: The Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) in association with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), elected representatives, civic groups and public-spirited citizens launched the second edition of #KillBills. This was the second campaign in the city against visual pollution spreading across all BBMP zones.
This visual pollution has been on a rise lately destroying the beauty of the city. The intention of B.PAC is to sensitize the citizens to stop polluting the city and its aesthetic values through unauthorized and illegal advertisements on public properties. This campaign was a citizen movement supported by elected representatives and was spearheaded by BBMP Joint Commissioners Sarfaraz Khan along with all Joint Commissioners, who actively supported the drive along with MLAs and Corporators. They were further supported by B.PAC’s B.Clip leaders and several other active civic leaders in removing illegal hoardings, banners, posters, and bills from public properties.
Through the last campaign that happened on July 2, there were 268 cases filed and it is good news the BBMP has already acted upon it in a phased manner. The campaign had complete cooperation from BBMP Commissioner and Mayor.
The campaign a larger part of Bengaluru and took place in the following wards:
BBMP Zone – Bengaluru East
1. Vasantnagar – Ward 93, 8:30 am at Mount Carmel College
2. Domlur – Ward 112, 8 am at Shanthi Sagar hotel, KG Road, 1st stage Domlur
3. Shantala Nagar – Ward 111, 1:30 pm at Lifestyle, Richmond Road Junction
BBMP Zone – Bengaluru West
4. Gayathri Nagar – Ward 76, 7:30 am at Chikka Rmamandira, Tha.ra,su. Road, Gayathri Nagar Main Road
5. Gandhinagar – Ward 94, 8:30 am at Ganesha Temple, Anand Rao Circle
BBMP Zone – Bengaluru South
6. Pattabhiramanagar – Ward 168, 8 am at Maiyas Hotel, Jayanagar 4th Block
7. Basavanagudi 3 Wards: Vidyapeeta, Girinagar, Katriguppe – 164, 162 & 163, 7:30 am at Vidyapeeta Matt, Vidyapeetha Circle
BBMP Zone – Bommanahalli
8. Mangammanapalya – Ward 190, 7 am at Mangammanapalya circle
BBMP Zone – Yelahanka
9. Kodigehalli – Ward 8, 8 am at Bhadrappa layout Signal junction, Near Big Bazaar
10. Satellite Town – Ward 4, 7 am at Sheshadripuram College
BBMP Zone – Mahadevapura
11. Bellandur – Ward 150, 8:30 am at HDFC Bank, Greenlen Layout
12. Horamavu – Ward 25, 7 am at HDFC Bank, Raghavendra Circle
BBMP Zone – Dasarahalli
13. T-Dasarahalli – Ward 15, 8:30 am at Metro Station, Dasarahalli
BBMP Zone – Raja Rajeshwari Nagar
14. Yeshwantpur – Ward 37, 8:30 am, Maternity Hospital, Yeshwanthpur Railway Station Junction
All participants who joined the campaign thanked B.PAC for taking up this initiative, which underlines the importance of bringing citizens, officials and leaders together on a common platform for solving specific problems plaguing the city.
MLAs and Corporators of respective wards pledged to keep their wards free of undesirable and unauthorized posters, and banners to improve and maintain the visual appeal of our city of Bengaluru.
B.PAC had organised this campaign in association with the BBMP as a part of its Corporator Engagement Program(CEP). Under this program, B.PAC in association with BBMP and civic leaders intends to continue this campaign in the coming months and wish to spread this as a significant movement across the entire city.
Speaking on the initiative, Revathy Ashok, CEO, B.PAC commended the broad-based participation from the different sections of the society and the commitment shown by the elected representative and authorities. She further stated that there is an untapped desire of citizenry for the improvement of the city and this campaign reflects their willingness to participate in corrective measures in association with their leaders if a suitable platform is provided for the purpose. The onus now rests with the BBMP and Bengaluru Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) to strictly register complaints and impose a penalty on the defaulters, and send a signal to the other defaulters to obey the rule of law.
