cijma Jayamahal: 2014

Monday, 8 December 2014

Conversion of 1st Cross, 1st Main from ' Garbage Lane ' to ' Plumeria Lane ' : )

1st Cross, 1st Main has a long stretch which was being used as a dump yard for garden waste, debris & garbage. This stretch has been cleaned many times but dumping continued.

Here's the story, of what we did, in picture !

Debris dumped : (

Dumping of more debris, garbage & garden waste

Dumping all along the stretch

Mountain of trash all along the stretch : (

BBMP staff clearing garbage & garden waste

Two truck loads of garbage & garden waste cleared

Debris that couldn't be cleared by BBMP

More garbage that was cleared by BBMP

Garbage cleared but in need of debris clearance

Debris that needed to be cleared

Debris collected & heaped along the stretch

Got a private truck to clear 2 loads of debris

Work underway !

Moving an electric pole left behind by BESCOM

Creating green space !

Volunteers hard at work !

Another volunteer....

More people pitched in : )

Plumeria cuttings planted all along the stretch : )

Plants donated by residents

Part of the stretch....

Another part of the stretch....

Residents along the stretch have taken responsibility of watering

After a day's hard work : )

Plants all along the stretch !!!

At the end of day one : )

Fenced on the second day !

Final result : )
Waiting for plants to take root & turn green & lush !

Updates

Here are some activities of team cijma from the last couple of months :

Meetings with BBMP officials to improve collection of garbage & cleaning of roads.
Clean up of drains on 1st, 2nd, 3rd Mains with help from Mr Gunashekar, Corporator.
Clean up of Playground after celebration of Durga Puja by the Bengali Association & stalls put up for sale of crackers.
Clean up of pond at Aane Park.
Distribution of Saris & Shirts to Paurakarmikas.
Training Paurakarmikas regarding collection of segregated waste from residents.
Door to door campaign to educate residents about segregation of waste.
Enforcing BBMP to start collection of segregated wet waste daily.
Twice a week collection of Dry Waste from residents of 1st Main including all the Crosses, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Mains.
Monitoring Dry Waste collection by accompanying the BBMP vehicle.
Got BESCOM to clear the tree cuttings left behind by the department.
Got BESCOM to replace 4 electric poles on 5th Main, which were on the verge of collapse due to rust.

Rusted Electric Pole on 5th Main

Replaced Electric Pole

Trees butchered by BESCOM & cuttings left behind

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Thank you Kabras for taking the initiative to have a stretch of the road and drain on 3rd Main, cleaned regularly.
Any one else doing a clean-up in Jayamahal, can mail us the 'before' & 'after' pictures to post on the blog.

Here are the pictures of Kabra Clean-Up : )

Ugly sight before the clean-up

After the clean-up : )

Monday, 29 September 2014

One year after completing ' Jayamahal Clean-Up Drive'

'Jayamahal Clean-Up Drive' started in May 2013 and 6 months later, in October we had completed clearing debris, garden waste & garbage from every street in Jayamahal Extension and Nandidurg 3rd cross. We also planted a large number of tree saplings and conducted a Scientific Avenue Tree Survey and installed boards giving information, under 22 avenue trees. ( Unfortunately 14 boards were damaged because of which we had them removed and are in the process of installing them in the Jayamahal Park where it will be protected by fence / gardner )
All this was possible only with the co-operation of residents, volunteers who put in hundreds of hours of very hard work & the very generous donations by the residents.
We are also thankful for the co-operation and help received from the Corporator, Mr K M Gunashekar. Some foot paths were tiled by Mr Gunashekar and we hope he will take up work on the rest. BBMP supervisor Mr Manjunath has been the most important cog in the wheel ! He still continues to do his best to clean up the area but we hope he will be able to achieve ZERO GARBAGE ON GROUND with the active help and co-operation of residents.

We appeal to all residents to co-operate by the following do's and do not's :

Do's :
1. Do Segregate your garbage at home.
2. Hand over the garbage only to the BBMP 3 wheeler / PK
3. If garbage is not picked up please keep at home until it is collected the next day.
4. In case of continuous garbage pick up problem, contact Harish on 99802 26378
5. Hand over small amount of garden leaves daily, big cuttings can be privately cleared by contacting Harish / Manjunath

Do not's:
1. Do not instruct your maids / house hold help to dispose of the garbage. (they throw it on road / in drain)
2. Do not throw garbage into cijma bins. It is NOT for wet waste.
3. Do not leave debris from renovation near cijma bins. It is the resident's responsibility to have it cleared, BBMP will not pick up debris.
4. Do not leave your re-potted waste like mud and broken pots, etc on foot path. It is the resident's responsibility to call private debris pick up to have it cleared.
5. Do not leave any kind of garden waste on foot paths, drains or near bins.

Most important of all is for every resident to be pro-active. If each one looks after the stretch in front of their home then the whole area is taken care of !

Here's the present day pictorial story :