Lucknow man’s barbeque protest to grill LMC over garbage pile

Lucknow, Jan 1 : In a seemingly weird manner of protest, a resident of the Indira Nagar locality in Lucknow, actually hauled the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) over the garbage, instead of the proverbial coals.
The resident, Ashutosh Singh, 32, set up a portable barbeque grill, using garbage as fuel, outside his house.
He was protesting against the mounting pile of garbage that had not been removed despite pleas to the local municipal authorities.
He then grilled cottage cheese and vegetables and served them to friends with tea. The protest continued for three hours on Thursday afternoon.
A passer-by shot a video of the act and made it viral.
Ashutosh later told reporters, “People here throw garbage in open because door-to-door garbage collection is very poor here. We wake up every day only to see garbage piles all around and are forced to bear the stench. Our complaints to the municipal officials have failed to elicit any response.”