Spotfix 12 - Before & After (Spot Quiz 12)

Location - Junction of Brigade Road and Magrath Road.

Thousands of people walk here everyday on the way from Brigade Road to to Garuda Mall. It is a urinal, garbage dump and total eyesore.

The spot was fixed by a few Ugly Indians in December, 2010. A temporary job, but it worked for a month. Then the Namma Metro soil testing team dug up the place for 2 weeks, destroyed the garden, and when they left the Spot lapsed back to its original filthy state.The Ugly Indians were back with a more permanent fix. With new tools, materials, skills and determination. A work still  in progress, but there is a distinct improvement. ~ TUI

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TUI spots - A Non-Ugly Railway Platform!

Location - Bangalore Railway Station


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This is Platform 1 of Bangalore City Railway Station and well maintained. These photos were taken by TUI on a regular evening before boarding a train.

"It proves that it IS possible to have a clean public space in India, and that should give us hope.

To paraphrase Gandhiji, we need to first see the change we want to be.
Once we believe it is possible and know what it takes to keep a station platform clean, the model can be scaled.. Cynicism starts when you don't believe change is possible (what is the point etc). But when you see that other Ugly Indians have changed, you see the point in changing your behaviour to be like them." ~ TUI

" You need to SEE the change you want to BE. That is why we do Spotfixes - so people can See and believe, and maybe try to Be. " - The Ugly Indian

Spotfix 11 - Before and After (Spot Quiz 11)

Location - Opposite St Patrick's Complex (near Indiana Fast foods), and opposite the War Memorial Park / BMTC Bus Terminus at the end of Brigade Road.



This majestic rain tree opposite St Patrick's Complex (opposite the War Memorial park at the end of Brigade Road, Bangalore) has borne the brunt of its neighbours' poor civic sense for decades. Resigned to being a garbage dump, and braving the occasional fire & smoke from burning, this tree symbolises how our city has changed over the past 30 years



It needed a few Ugly Indians to restore respect and dignity to the tree. Magically, the garbage has stopped coming (those dumping here everyday took the trouble to dump at the official points), and this tree has been smiling now. And the nearby shopowners too, who tend to the new garden where once there were garbage & rats.


This is the only surviving rain tree from a large avenue of trees that lined the entrance to the 19th century St Patrick's Church and the World War I memorial. Surely, it deserves better. Till last week, it was a daily pick-up point on the route of the BBMP Garbage lorry- thankfully, the lorry doesn't need to stop here anymore. ~ TUI

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Spotfix 10 - Before and After (Spot Quiz 10)

Location - Opposite the Times of India and Wipro offices, on the narrow lane joining MG Road and Church Street (the lane is Rest House Rd)

This wall has been lying untouched for years. It serves as a urinal and garbage dump and is also used as a parking space by the Times Now broadcast vans and cars for TOI and Wipro. Their drivers sit around all day in the muck.

The design is simple, yet striking.

 This is a quick way to transform an ugly wall/transformer in a matter of hours.

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Spotfix 9 - TereBin and Street Sign ( Spot Quiz 9)

Sign boards and Tere Bins part of the TUI Spot fix.

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Spotfix 8 - Before & After (Spot Quiz 8)

Location - Intersection of Church St and Brigade Rd

This is the entrance to Church Street, at the intersection with Brigade Road. Probably the most prime commercial space in Bangalore - yet such an Ugly spot.

Notice the new street sign, and the little garden that has sprung up behind the blue telecom box.

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Spotfix 7 - Before and After ( Spot Quiz 7)

Location - In front of RR on Church Street, and opposite Nando's and Matteo (earlier NASA).

A typical day on a corner of a very important street in Bangalore. The real estate value here is among the highest in the city. Discarded carpets, tube-lights and a couple of dead rats in the background.

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This involved painting the electricity box, creating a platform, painting the curb, designing and creating a garden, and involving the neighbors who now maintain it. No garbage is thrown here now, the urination has stopped and it has made the place look quite nice.  
The advertising boards keep the poster stickers away, and somewhat block the visibility of the ugly stuff behind.The live wires at hand height used to 'switch on' the streetlights everyday (by connecting them!) are now safely within a switch ~ TUI

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Spotfix 6 - Before and After ( Spot Quiz 6)

 Location -  The gate opposite Amoeba on Church St

This spot is on Church Street, between Shrungar Shopping Centre & Barton Centre and right opposite Ruby Tuesday, Saigon, Amoeba, Three Quarter Chinese, Indian Coffee House, Queens.

The family of 13 rats has moved elsewhere. :)

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Spotfix 5 - Before and After (Spot Quiz 5)

Location - The Rear wall of Deccan Herald on Church St.

The paanwala has been here for 27 years. he provides the stuff for the paan spitter, who then takes a leak round the corner near the Electricity box which says "Danger High Voltage". The paanwala cannot recall a day when this wall was clean.

The fresh paan stains (and some old ones several years old) attract other forms of defacement. The sign scrawled in red says "INDIA RECOGNISE TAMIL EELAM - AN HINDU COUNTRY". It is a dated political message and has been on this wall for years...

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People don't feel the need to walk on the road with their noses covered. In fact, the pedestrian traffic on this footpath has increased dramatically. The salesman from the icecream parlour opposite (Kiwikiss) stands here and promotes his business.

And when it becomes fit enough to become a Food street, the transformation is complete.

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Spotfix 4 - Before & After ( Spot Quiz 4)

Location - The Bangalore Club Wall, Residency Road

The stench used to carry a distance of at least 100 feet, making this stretch unwalkable. Most people cross to the other side, where there is NO footpath, right in the face of fast-moving traffic. This was a Pedestrian Safety Issue as much as it was a Public Hygiene and Health issue.

It not only looks pretty, it smells pretty nice too. Go there and take a sniff sometime. It's probably at a Stink Rating of 1.0 (or Fragrance rating of 9.0). People now stand around there and make phone calls, chat etc. Kudos to Bangalore Club management for being part of this Fix! The Fix has had a major impact for those who walk in this very busy area of Bangalore

To their full credit, the Bangalore Club management has taken this very seriously- after all it is a matter of reputation and responsible citizen behavior - and have taken full ownership of the project. We hope this will inspire other institutions/companies with large wall frontages to take on the responsibility of maintaining their frontage. ~ TUI

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