NH a garbage dump,rains make matters worse

Om Beer,who works as a sweeper for the colony near the site,says,“The garbage collected from Rajguru Nagar,Aggar Nagar and BRS Nagar is dumped here on the main road. The MC has told us to bring the garbage here only. The collecting crane should come daily but it doesn’t. Even if it misses a single day,the place turns into a complete mess and it becomes impossible to stand here for even a second.”

With gastroenteritis already claiming two lives in the city,it the time for the Municipal Corporation to take some action. What adds to the nuisance is that the collection points are not even covered and walls that were built to cover the garbage were reduced to debris within no time.

MC Health Officer Charanjeet Uppal,when asked about the garbage disposal policy of the city,had something interesting to say. “The garbage is collected daily but sometimes the crane does not work or there are heavy rains. Moreover,the garbage is there in the whole city so it will anyhow produce foul smell,” he says.

On being asked why the garbage collection point were on the National Highway and why they are not covered,he says,“The collection points on the highway are not made by us. They have been there for the last 20 years. We will construct the new walls soon. However,I cannot give any exact timeline for construction.”