India, Jan. 24 -- Sir,

Looking at this picture, which is typical of the area, one is left wondering: Is Hebbal First Stage, Ward No. 1, a garbage dump site?

Otherwise, why is there no action from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) in clearing the garbage that is left unattended for days and worse still, no action to prevent garbage-throwing by certain unscrupulous people?

This is despite repeated reminders about this ugly menace, both to the concerned office and in this very column earlier.

There are several dump sites in this Ward, created by some irresponsible residents who deem it fit to dump garbage wherever they find some space, without considering it their responsibility to hand it over to MCC's door-to-door garbage collection ve...