Mounesh Vishwakarma

Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Mar 12: The people have been known to invent novel reasons for accidents that have become a routine affair everywhere. An official of Doordarshan Kendra here, who has suffered fracture of his leg and hand, has added another reason to this long list, by complaining to police officials and municipal office here, squarely blaming the pending dispute over garbage disposal as the sole cause for the accident in which he was involved with.

Ramachandra Tantri, working for the local office of Doordarshan Kendra, hails from Bhatkal. He had fallen from his motor bike, after a stray dog suddenly crossed his path near the B C Road Circle. He was treated in a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Presently he is recuperating from his injuries and fractures.

Tantri says that a number of stray dogs were vying for left overs in a garbage pile near the B C Road Circle. He said when he was moving on his motor bike by that place, another dog, which wanted to join the other dogs in their fight for food, rushed
towards the garbage pile, unmindful of traffic on the road. He said that the failure of the municipality in clearing the garbage promptly had caused this accident, and sought relief from the district administration.

The police officials said they are yet to get certificates and other papers from the hospital, only after the receipt of which they would be able to move ahead with investigation.