20 yrs on, Dollars Layout gets its RWA

BANGALORE: Dollars Layout, where BBMP commissioner Siddaiah stays, finally has a proper Resident Welfare Association in place with 110 members and a website!
The association and its website www.jpn4dollars.org was launched on Sunday. The big launch also witnessed the presence of Jayanagar MLA B N Vijayakumar, corporator Chandrasekhara Raju and Siddaiah.
This layout in J P Nagar with 400 BDA sites was formed during 1989-90 and presently has close to 200 houses. Majority of the members have been living here for more than five years.
"With the rapid development post 2003, we badly needed a proper association. There was one association here before, but it was unregistered,'' said association president Neelkante Gowda. The new association's special gift to the Palike are free pushcarts for door-to-door garbage collection, that's being finalized. Alongside, they have also joined hands with the plastic-free Jayanagar initiative launched recently here. Now every house has been asked to segregate the wet and dry garbage.
According to members, one of their other main problems is the contamination of stormwater drains. "We are surrounded by stormwater drains. We are now working with the BBMP to close these problems,'' they said.
The start has sure been good. The only hope is that initiatives and efforts don't drain out with time.