12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
With splash of colour, volunteers clean up black spot in ‘no man's land' in Bengaluru
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Bengaluru: What was once a massive garbage dumping zone near Sri Srinivasa Theatre Road in Padmanabhanagar has now been transformed into a vibrant and artistic stretch, thanks to around 150 civic-minded youngsters who gave up their Sunday holiday to turn the black spot into a beautiful community 200-metre stretch had become a chronic dumping site, with debris covering nearly half the road and causing inconvenience to residents and commuters.
BBMP officials, overwhelmed by the recurring mess in what is considered a "no man's land" between Kumaraswamy Layout and Padmanabhanagar wards, sought help from the volunteer group
Youth for Parivarthan
for a long-term beautified stretch runs from Sri Srinivasa Theatre Road to Sri Prasanna Ganapathi Subramanya and Anjaneya to Amith Amarnath, founder and president of Youth for Parivarthan, volunteers and BBMP staff spent about eight hours cleaning, scrubbing, and painting the wall with portraits and mandala art.
The team included students and working professionals."While our NGO has done such beautification projects for a long time, BBMP contacted us specifically for this location.
The wall belonged to a recently closed factory. As no one maintained it, people began dumping garbage along the footpath. Even though BBMP cleaned it daily, trash returned by evening," he the civic personnel cleared the garbage, volunteers scrubbed and painted the wall, repaired potholes, and created portraits of freedom fighters, renowned leaders, and popular Kannada film team used 80 litres of base paint and 12 litres of enamel paint for the footpath edges. With minimal funds and great dedication, they painted portraits of Puneeth Rajkumar, Subhas Chandra Bose, APJ Abdul Kalam, Swami Vivekananda, and others, turning a defaced wall into a tribute to national icons."None of us are full-time workers. We do this on weekends because we believe in giving back to the city," Amarnath HF, head marshal from Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd, said, "Despite several efforts, this remained a blacks pot. Even with regular patrolling, the issue persisted. That's when we asked Youth for Parivarthan to help. Today, the area is clean and garbage-free."
