Swachh Abuse! After MESCOM, It’s MCC Dirtying the City with Trimmed Tree Branches

Swachh Abuse! After MESCOM, It’s MCC Dirtying the City with Trimmed Tree Branches

 Mangaluru : Few days after Mangaluru Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) workers had gone around the City in trimming/cutting branches which were on the way of electric power lines, and Team Mangalorean had done a report on how careless and ignorant MESCOM was, by leaving behind the trimmed branches on the footpaths/streets- and as of today, neither Mescom nor Mangaluru City Corporation has taken any action in cleaning the debris left behind- and with the incessant rains pounding the City, these branches have dried/decayed/rotten, thereby giving scope for mosquito breeding and the spread of diseases like Malaria, dengue etc. (Ref: MCC should take Action & Fine MESCOM for Dirtying the City with Trimmed Tree Branches  )

It usually happens prior to the start of monsoons, when MCC and Mescom workers start pruning trees to prevent damage to power lines, and also for the safety of pedestrians/motorists in case of heavy rain and gusty winds. That’s a nice thing what Mescom and MCC is doing, however, the worst part is that once they are done pruning/cutting of tree branches, they leave the cut branches on the road side or on the footpath, and the mess lies there for days and weeks- until someone calls and complaints to the both parties. But in the meantime, the tree branches are either rotten or dried up, creating more garbage. Is this how these two civic bodies work-abusing Mangaluru Swachtha and putting citizens in hardship and inconvenience moving around in the City.

Yesterday, 29 July, a bunch of MCC workers were engaged in pruning tree branches along the stretch of from St Agnes College Road until Bendorewell junction in the City, and after their work was done these workers out of ignorance left a huge pile of these trimmed branches, making it hard for pedestrians to walk on the footpath- and also there pieces of tree barks scattered on the streets, which was dangerous for two-wheeler riders. They don’t have the slightest courtesy to see that the citizens don’t face any inconveniences or safety hazard due to their negligence. Many a times the pruned branches affect clearance of pavements- and no one cares about it.

A slight carefulness by these Mescom and MCC workers could have prevented all this mess from happening- but it has been that way since ages, and no one wants to correct themselves. Oh well, this is Mangaluru- MCC and Mescom! But why would anyone start trimming/cutting branches when rains have started, why couldn’t they do it during dry summer months. But whatever be the case, leaving behind a big mess of pruned tree branches, is totally a act of ignorance and carelessness. Another outcome of the lack of coordination is that cut branches are dumped on pavements. The civic body takes a long time to clear them, which inconveniences pedestrians.

Don’t you think it would be a smart idea from Yours Truly of Team Mangalorean, even though we have Smart People working in MCC and Mescom- that while the trimming of branches is done, a truck should follow these workers wherever they are working, so that the trimmed branches could be loaded right into the truck rather than leave them at the spot for days causing inconveniences for the public, and also creating a menace. And, if both, MCC and Mescom, take this idea from Team Mangalorean, we will not see any debris left behind, thereby keep Mangaluru Swachh aka CLEAN!