Anaconda finds home on the streets of India

The lack of drainage systems has created a rise in diseases like malaria and dengue in the city

Web Desk August 11, 2015

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A large pothole in Bangalore has become home to a massive Anaconda it appears.

Potholes in the Indian city appear to be so deep and are a regular feature on the roads due bad maintenance and digging by various agencies.

The lack of drainage systems has created a rise in diseases like malaria and dengue as stagnant water serves as a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

In attempts to embarrass the local government bodies for failure to take the quality of the city's roads seriously, a local group installed an art installation in the form of an Anaconda.

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The art installation was created and installed by The Namma Bengaluru Foundation (NBF), an organisation that hopes to make Bangalore one of the best governed cities in the world.

This art installation in particular was created with the aim of drawing attention to the issue of water-logging in the city.

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The lifelike Anaconda appears to be emerging from a giant pothole on a damaged road, gripping a severed human arm in its mouth.

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The inception of the installation came about by a graduate who took about five weeks from planning to completion, but is not the first of its kind to be seen on the roads.

Previous attempts include a crocodile on a pothole by Baadal Nanjundaswamy and floating paper boats on huge craters in the road.

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CEO Sridhar Pabbisetty of NBF said that the residents of the area have been concerned about the dilapidated roads and the lack of a drainage system and water-logging has lead to a rise in diseases like malaria and dengue in the city.

Further, he said that the installation attracted children and adults and helped drawing interest from the local community in resolving the city's problems.

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“There is humour, art, sarcasm in the craft, but more importantly, there is a deeper message in it that we are trying to deliver," he said.

The article originally appeared on The News Minute

COMMENTS (2)

Sarah Rehan | 8 years ago | Reply Scary image at first sight. But great innovative idea and life-like picturization of a disturbing menace that should be duly addressed. Good job done!

yup | 8 years ago | Reply Using creative ideas and art to communicate social issues is the best way. Just kidding. Enforce the law and arrest everyone. Works like a charm.

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