- By Shailvee Tiwari
- Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:02 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Assam Viral Video: What happens when you break the rules and throw your shop’s garbage on the road? In Assam’s Tinsukia town, a shopkeeper got a fitting reply from the municipal workers and the whole incident is now the talk of the internet. The drama unfolded in the busy Daily Bazar area around 9:30 pm on Monday night. A worker from a grocery-and-gift shop was caught red-handed on camera, unloading heaps of cardboard boxes and waste right onto the street.
A Tinsukia Municipal Board (TMB) team on patrol stopped him immediately. When questioned, he admitted the garbage was from his own shop. Instead of simply imposing a fine, the civic team decided to flip the situation around. Early the next morning, by 8 am, municipal workers arrived with an excavator, picked up the same trash, and dumped it right outside the shop’s shutter. By the time the shop owner came in, his own garbage was waiting for him at the door.
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Clips of this incident quickly went viral on social media, with many people calling it the perfect example of creative punishment. The caption summed it up perfectly: "All shopkeepers in Tinsukia, Assam, were asked not to throw garbage on the road. But one guy didn’t listen and dumped garbage on the road. The next day, garbage was dumped in front of his shop by the municipal board."
The post shared on Instagram by the handle 'thewhatup' a few hours ago received significant likes, comments and view from social media users. "And finally I saw something to smile about when I open Insta," a user wrote. "Tit for tat civic sense sikhananahidimag me ghusednapadega," a second user wrote.
"Should happen with everyone littering public property," wrote a third user. "Even in my village, we collect all the trash at the end of the shift and burn it. Great Job on teaching a lesson," added a fourth user. "The right way for Indians, probably," wrote another user.