I am residing at # 34, Sajjan Rao Road, V. V. Puram, Bangalore 560004.
Problems faced by the residents:
1. Cattle grazing on the road by the local milkmen who keep the area very dirty. You can see the cattle excreta spread over and collections lying everywhere for long times without disposal. These get dispersed when it rains. There is a continuous smell of cow dung. There is a continuous flow of cow’s urine.
a. Health hazards associated: Leptospirosis, bovine tuberculosis, brucellosis, etc.
b. Fly population would increase and they may spread number of communicable diseases
i. Suggestions: Why these cattle are kept in a confined area with proper hygienic conditions provided, preferably in the owner’s residences and not on the road or in the conservancy. Providing protective covers to the cattle so that the excreta do not contaminate the surroundings. This requires strict and proper legislative action.
2. Selling of eatables on the road corner by an unlicensed vendor. Every day in the morning a vendor has been selling rice preparations, vada, idli, etc. at the road corner blocking the road and making the area dirty in front of our property. He was selling earlier in front of the District Malaria office on the other side of the road. Keeping the things at the corner is blocking the traffic and secondly people who eat spit, dirty the place. Secondly, because of the eatery, the local rodent population has gone up. People who come to eat some times behave badly. Police nor your health inspectors have not been able to act and instead become part of this establishment since they are looked after by the vendor. Is there no rule to licensing in the BBMP? Can any one, start food vending in any place? Are there no set food acts in the BBMP? Is it being followed properly? If you want such activities to be encouraged, why BBMP not provide proper place to those vendors – a shelter not affecting the residents or the traffic with proper hygiene? Across the Sajjan Rao Circle, there is the famous food street
a. Health hazards associated:
i. Leptospirosis – One of the workers working with this vendor died of jaundice few days back – could be due to Leptospirosis. This is due to the increase in rodent population in the area.
ii. Contaminated food and food borne infections. I am not commenting much since such vendors cater food to poor at low and affordable prices but may not be hygienic and this is where BBMP has an important role to play.
iii. Contamination of the surroundings.
iv. Accidents due to the entrance of the road is occupied by vehicles and people spread out happasatedly.
b. Suggestions:
i. Kindly shift the vendor to some other place. When you could shift him from the District malaria office across the road, he may be shifted to any other place or a proper shelter may be provided by BBMP as has been provided to the cobbler near the circle.
ii. Proper implementation of health legislation (food act) under the power of BBMP.
If BBMP is not able to provide health living conditions to the residents, how can you collect a higher tax from the residents? There is no difference between the area under discussion and the neighbouring Parvathipuram.
Tax structure:
The BBMP collects the taxation of V. V. Puram main road (Class - 3), but the real living condition provided is Class-5 - In fact, Parvathipuram slum and our area has no differences except in taxation levels.

In addition, see the solid waste management in the area. There is a constant garbage collection on street corners on Jain Temple street entrance, Sajjan Rao circle near the Vasavi temple beginning and some more corners. It stinks but no action from the BBMP. Is there any commitment by BBMP to keep this area clean or not? Is there no law to restrict garbage being thrown from choultries, street food venders, and residents?

Looking forward to a sustainable solution to the above problesms.