32-year-old Bengaluru Techie Takes Rs 2.7 Lakh Loan To Fix Potholes In The City

Fed up with the government’s “indifference” to their pleas to provide better civic amenities including filling potholes, a 32-year-old techie in Bengaluru belonging to ‘Citizens Group, East Bengaluru’ on Sunday launched a ‘NoDevelopmentNoTax,’ a campaign to boycott paying property tax.?

Last week, members of the group got together and contributed funds to fix potholes on a 6km stretch in Halanayakanahalli, Muneshwara Layout and Choodasandra. And that's not all. The techie has even taken a loan to fix the potholes.

32-year-old Techie Takes Rs 2.7 Lakh Loan To Fix Potholes

Arif Mudgal, a founder-member of the group, took a out?loan of Rs 2.7 lakh for the purpose. Mudgal witnessed two accidents on Hosa Road a few days ago which prompted him to lend a hand. “A woman staying near my apartment sustained injuries when the auto she was travelling in toppled after it hit a pothole on Hosa Road,” he said, as per TOI report.

What Triggered His Decision To Fix The Potholes

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"A delivery agent with an e-commerce firm was also injured when he tried to avoid the same pothole on the night of August 14. He collided head-on with a car and suffered a fractured leg. I later learnt he is from Mandya and the sole earner of his nine-member family. I was so upset,” he explained.

He said he and other ‘like-minded’ people founded ‘Citizens Group, East Bengaluru’ five years ago.?

“Other members of the group also contributed money and we fixed some potholes,” said Mudgal. “But we ran out of funds, so I took a loan.” Mithilesh Kumar, a member of the group, said they met people’s representatives from the area several times requesting better roads, drains and other civic amenities, but no one responded.

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Fed Up With Govt And Politicians

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“Politicians are indifferent to these issues. They think residents of these areas are from other states or places. So, we have launched a property tax boycott campaign on Sunday,” said Kumar. The campaign was launched on X (formerly Twitter) with the hashtag ‘NoDevelopmentNoTax’ and Mudgal said the response, so far, has been good. “Some netizens suggested that we pay the tax and then demand better civic amenities from the government,” 32-year-old Mudgal said.

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