In a tit for tat, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) dumped construction wastes back into an under-construction house in the city on Sunday.
Reports said a resident of Rath Road near the Boitali Temple in Old Town area had dumped three to four truckloads of construction wastes on the highway.
Earlier, the BMC had asked him to remove the materials. But when he didn’t, BMC employees used JCB machines and dumped back the garbage into the house in the presence of BMC Commissioner Prem Chand Chaudhury.
Chaudhury said the house owner had repeatedly been asked to remove the waste materials, which were causing inconvenience for the commuters and also creating an unhygienic atmosphere on the busy road. So, the civic body decided to teach him a lesson.
He further said the house owner would be slapped a fine according to the rules.