Mysuru, Nov. 9 -- People who had repeatedly ignored warnings and awareness campaigns against dumping garbage on a footpath along B.B. Garden Road in Agrahara have finally stopped the practice, thanks to an unusual idea by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) which has invoked the 'fear of God' by installing photographs of Hindu deities at the spot.

For a long time, the footpath had been used as an open dumping ground, with garbage piling up despite repeated appeals to keep the area clean. The waste emitted a foul stench, causing inconvenience to pedestrians, motorists and residents of the locality.

The stench also spread to nearby houses, inconveniencing employees of a garage and staff of a mutt located behind the spot.

Following repeated...