Sewerage waste management shed turned into ‘garbage dumping’ site
Residents in Anantnag’s Dachnipora block demand attention of authorities
Anantnag: A much hyped Sewerage Waste Management plant has been turned into a dumping site in the Dachnipora area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, raising concerns among the local populace.
The locals said that Rural Development Department constructed a sewerage shed along Bijbehara Pahalgam road near Darkhan Srigufwara for proper disposal of garbage in the area few months back.
They said that the shed has been left defunct and all the garbage from the area is being put there and it is neither being segregated not it is being removed from the area.
They said that all garbage is lying scattered near the shed attracting a huge number of dogs thereby causing inconvenience to the residents.
Ghlam Nabi, a local resident said that government has been risking the lives of people and the scattered garbage is attracting dogs in the area.
“There is no segregation being done at the spot rather it has been turned into a dumping site due to which people of the whole area are suffering,” he added.
“During construction of the infrastructure, authorities were informed that there must be proper disposal of the waste. The officials also assured that the site won’t be turned into a dumping spot but now there is only garbage dumped is dumped there,” he added.
Aamir Ahmad, a local resident said that the whole garbage of the area is being dumped near the shed and it is lying scattered all over.
“If the government is really working on ‘Swach Bharat Mission and Schweta hi Sewa’ then they need to fix these issues immediately,” he added.
Locals said that they have brought the issue into the notice of higher ups several times but to no avail.
They requested higher ups especially DC Anantnag and ACD Anantnag o look into the matter at an earliest so that the issue is resolved.
