Mandur residents mourn the man who fought for them
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Hundreds of residents in Mandur, a village in Bengaluru’s yard that bore the brunt of the metropolis’s poor stable waste administration for a number of years, mourned the dying of H.S. Doreswamy.
It was the freedom fighter who took up cudgels on their behalf in 2013 as they fought towards the dumping of Bengaluru’s waste there. His involvement compelled the then Congress authorities to present in writing that rubbish would not be dumped in the village.
“We owe our life to him,” stated Byresh M.J., who was a part of the battle then and is now a member of the Mandur Gram Panchayat.
In an interview with The Puucho in June 2020, Mr. Doreswamy had stated: “In 2013, I chanced upon Mandur. I went into the village and realised the city has been dumping garbage in this village for many years and life there had turned terrible. As a Bengalurean, I felt guilty, responsible, and a need to atone for my sin. I sat on a fast and ensured that the dumping of garbage in the village was stopped.”
After information of his passing reached the village, just a few residents positioned his picture at the essential circle and provided floral tributes.
“We couldn’t do much due to COVID-19 restrictions,” stated Mr. Byresh, who added that the gram panchayat would title a distinguished location after him. “We will propose to name the new road from Budigere Cross to Kempegowda International Airport after Mr. Doreswamy,” he stated.
Once the waste in the two landfills in the village have been cleared, the space has been proposed to be developed right into a park and playground. “We will name it after our Mr. Doreswamy,” stated Mr. Byresh.
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