Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar, the municipal commissioner of Kakinada city, India has come up with a unique way of teaching the residents who irresponsibly dump garbage on the streets.
He sends ‘return gifts’ of domestic waste to residents who throw the garbage on the road instead of handing it over to garbage collectors.
Swapnil asks his staff members to collect garbage that has been thrown on the roads. He then gets them to ‘home deliver’ it to people to teach them a lesson about properly dumping waste as it is one of the biggest factors that lead to urban flooding.
The municipal commissioner had to adopt this method to change the residents’ habits and to create an awareness about responsible waste management.
In fact sometimes, he also goes door-to-door to conduct inspections in homes where citizens reportedly refuse to ‘cooperate.’
People on social media have been praising Swapnil for his unique approach to teach social responsibility to the residents.
