The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and the Irrigation Public Health (IPH) Department are polluting the residential areas in the sacred Tarna hill, the only tourist spot under the jurisdiction of the Mandi Municipal Council (MMC)in Mandi (Himachal Pradesh). The said bodies were digging private land with the JCV machines, dumping mounds of excavated earth in the ward no. 11 of the MCC, which raised heaps of dust, rued residents."Not only this, the BSNL and IPH have dug roadsides, littering the excavated earth along roadsides which poses hazards to commuters and residents daily', said Mr Jankidas Dogra, a local resident.