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Bangalore: Instilling civic sense - A garland of shame for urinating in public

  •   Sat, Dec 14 2013 08:22:49 AM

Bangalore: Instilling civic sense - A garland of shame for urinating in public

Bangalore, Dec 14 (DHNS): Urinating in public could never be more fetching. Set aside the relief, it will also earn you a garland.

While public urination would have attracted penalties in the past, now it would earn a ring of flowers around the violator’s neck, though it would not be hard for a sensible person to be stung by embarrassment even by the harmless act. Of course, the violator can also see his picture getting noticed on social media platfor­ms.

The move against public urination is a novel campaign by a local radio station in partnership with the City police. Though “Be a true Bangalorean” was launched on December 1, it took off on Thursday. The campaign will be on till the first week of January 2014.

Besides those urinating in public, those littering footpa­ths, honking needlessly in traffic, parking on pavements and teasing girls will all get the pla­stic flower garlands.

Barely a day after taking off, it has spotted and shamed 50 persons, and the number is likely to increase. “The concept behind the campaign is to make every Bangalorean love the City they live in. During the campaign, a large number of  people were found urinating on streets and a few of them in front of the wall with the  writing: Do not urinate here. We made such people pledge that they won’t repeat it,” said radio station staffer Yeshwant Raj.

The radio station has roped in eight men who are not only spreading the word around different neighbourhoods about catching the violators, but are also keeping tabs themselves.

The team has covered Shanthinagar, Ulsoor, J C Road, Vittal Mallya Road and a few others in the Central Business District so far.

While the public may appreciate a spirited campaign to keep the City clean, a “true Bangalorean” will also end up thinking what other options a man desperate to relieve himself would have since public toilets are either locked or unusable. Perhaps, he would recommend the volunteers to ready a set of garlands for the civic authorities, too!
  

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  • Golbert C Pinto, Mangalore/Muscat

    Sun, Dec 15 2013

    A garland is a flop idea. will not work...!!!
    If people will stop urinating their kidney may gets failure. Only solution is more and more paid toilets. If you cant build toilets because of any reason, you can install a temporary movable fibre toilets.

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  • Canute, mangalore

    Sun, Dec 15 2013

    Provide properly maintained toilets in every 200 meters in the city. Give proper security around the clock so it may not be used to rape or kill. Put cc cameras to monitor the area. Than the things will automatically fall in order. If the city authorities are in out of order how do they expect public in proper order. Make the possibility to fall the things in order through the facility to the needy.

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  • Leo Sequeira, Udupi

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Hi Krisna, Ahmed is right, primarily let there be enough toilets. Could you please tell me how many toilets are there in Bangalore city to the public?? and how maintained they are. You first provide the minimum usable toilets then go on other things and talk on civilize.Thank you..

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  • valerian rodrigues, ujire

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    GOVERNMENT STOP ALL YOUR BHAGHYAS AND ARRANGE UNPAID URINALS,GOOD ROADS,SUFFICIENT STAFS ITHE NEEDFULL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.DONT BRING MADFULLY RULES BEFORE DOES THEES.

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  • sundari ashoknagar, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Paint all the walls with God's pictures specially Nagadeva. Automatically this urinating menace will stop.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Sundariji.....Haaaaaaaaaaaaa...Y Nagadeva? What connexion?
    Sundary
    Very Naughty
    Middle Middle
    Onjoji Budpee.....

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  • nasir , mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Fools, u r endangering the lives of people.May be someone will commit suicide who will responsible.
    Police should not allow this irresponsible behavior.Impose fine for urinating in public.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Yatha Raja Thatha Praja!!!

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  • N.UDAYASIMHA, Bangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    There is one road in bangalore, you will find this type of urinating.They should go to Diagonal road from Lalbagh West gate to Prof.Madhava Rao Circle in Basavanagudi.

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  • William, Bantwal

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    It does not look nice. He may feel like neta or MLA. Some culprits may urinate for garlanding purpose also. Some fine must be there, say Rs.50/- 1st time, Rs.100/- second time, Rs.500/- for third time offence. First thing let there be, many urinals in the city. Mostly visitors do not know what to do when they drink soft drinks or coconut water in the city.

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  • For Justice, Abu Dhabi / Ubar

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Yes, I do agree with the most of the readers that let authorities provide urinals enough with hygienic,operating round the clock,cleaning staff,free or paid.

    Then implement strict fine/garlanding whatever suitable action.

    But I think some guys still living in our society who urinating like dog to the outside wall of the same urinal shed!!! no time to go inside!
    Such rogues deserved garland of footwear...

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  • Anil, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Why not garland the concerned corporater of the area along with the person for not being able to provide urinals?

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  • vinod, mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    it should be made mandatory for all hotels, petrol bunks and bus stops to at least have a pay and use toilet if not free toilet(for both sexes) Then enforce all these rules

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  • Ethan Avidhan, Florida\Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    First provide enough Hygienic Urinals, then garland, even the paid toilets and urinals are in a terrible state !

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    You cannot enforce such rules for nature's acts which becomes uncontrollable during urgency. Otherwise have you’ll heard of the Mumbai Paani Puri Vendor Urinates in the cup he uses to serve customers. GROSS.!.!. Because he was not given a chance to pee on the streets. Watch YOUTUBE…..

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  • Victor Tauro Permude, Bangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    We are proud to humiliate people for the act of urinating in public but do we have toilets in all important locations? Are they color coded for a common man to easily recognize and use? Do the private buildings have usable urinals for the people who come into these buildings? Do the restaurants have toilets for customers? Are the public toilets maintained with minimum hygiene standards?

    If your answer is NO then where else can you urinate? Why humiliate?

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  • vincent rodrigues, katapadi.bangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    The Noble idea of treating the default with garlands.Better to valuate the effect of it and then proceed further.Hope for the best.Thank you.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Garland the 'offending organ' and you may have desired results, otherwise no go....

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  • Anand, karkala

    Sat, Dec 14 2013


    A Frog in the well does not know the Sea. There are some people want to show the "Frog" whole world and they think it as "Sulabh Shouchaalay" everywhere.

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  • stan, dubai

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Anand my question to you is Male and female both are urinating in roadside in Bangalore???? Did Government provide Sulabh Shouchaalay" everywhere for ladies only or ladies are using only toilets for urinating? My answer is most males are passing their urine anywhere as they don’t have shame… This knowledge is not there with some frogs

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  • Anand, karkala

    Sat, Dec 14 2013


    @ Stan, Dubai
    You got the meaning of Inverted Frog...

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  • stan, dubai

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Ha ha Anand, fitting reply from Krishna Kant, Mangalore/Moodbidri

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  • Bennet Vas, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Indians as a Class have no civic sense. The whole of India is a Public Toilet. You can see people Spitting on the roads, throwing litter from moving vehicles, washing their hands and rinsing their mouths using water bottles after eating in their cars, defecating on the roads / by the side of the rail tracks, urinating on walls and in public gardens, spitting red paan on staircases, throwing garbage on to the road from their balconies, dumping garbage in open garbage bags in street corners et., the list is endless,,,,,,, No wonder Mr. Narendar Modi the BJP PM designates said publicly that he would prefer more Toilets to Temples. On another note, the pathetic state of the restrooms all over India be it in Bus stands / Railway stations (even the trains) gardens etc.,will make one throw up instantly....we have a long way to go before we respect ourselves and others .. so a good start but I for one feel nothing will improve unless we have the Strict Singapore type laws on public cleanliness

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  • Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Hygienic sense is very important and it is a responsibility of civic administration as well as citizens!
    Collecting fines, embarrassing violators etc. is o.k. but not enough.
    Civic admin. should provide clean Toilets and dustbins at all junctions.
    Mere collecting fines or embarrassing will defeat the purpose of instilling civic sense.
    People will be compelled urinate in public in the absence of Toilets.
    What Mr. Modi and Jairam Ramesh said that Toilets are important than Temples.

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  • William Rodrigues, Milagres, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    "A raise of true Bangalorean spirit" and to instill civic sense in common man is really a Herculean task. I wish all the best of luck to organizers and request public to educate themselves and others as well. Hope we will see "Swachha Bangalore" soon.

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  • stan, dubai

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    In India everything is the fundamental rights of the people. Some are claiming whatever dress wearing is their fundamental right, someone is fighting with the government that Gay sex is their fundamental right than may some people will not fight that urinating, spitting on the road is their fundamental right?

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  • Ahmed, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    We need to build enough of toilets around the city before telling people not to urinate in the open air.

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  • Krishna Kant, Mangalore/Moodbidri

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    Ahmed what is the point of having more toilets? because the dogs are still going to urinate outside the toilets, i guess they are born with a contract that they are going to be uncivilized.

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  • Ahmed, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 14 2013

    I agree with you. Those people really need the treatment of "Whip".

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