Wednesday, 08 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The locals residing near the garbage transfer station at Kargi Chowk in Dehradun have warned of a protest against the authorities stating that improper management of heaps of garbage is causing several problems to locals.
The locals said that when they initially opposed setting up this transfer station at Kargi Chowk, the officials from the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) told them that no garbage will pile up there as it will be directly transferred to the Sheeshambada solid waste management and recycling plant but now piles of garbage are lying there for months. Local resident Shiv Prasad said, “We were told that garbage transfer station will improve the procedure of garbage collection in the city and garbage transfer process to the waste management plant and no garbage will remain there. Now the condition has worsened to such a level that no sanitation worker enters inside the station to dump the garbage due to the stench.
Most of the workers just dump the garbage at the entrance of the station and often on the roadside. When the locals strongly protested against this practice recently, municipal officials arrived and directed the workers to carry out the dumping and transfer process of the garbage properly.” Another local resident, Shruti Khansali said that initially, the workers used to dump the garbage properly inside the transfer station and then it was transferred to the waste management plant. The transfer process soon became irregular which led to the accumulation of garbage in the station, said Khansali. She stated, “It has been months but the garbage lying at the interior of the station is still not transferred to the waste management plant and the sanitation team mostly transfers the garbage dumped near the entrance or on the roadside.”
Another local Puran Singh Rawat informed that the locals will soon meet mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ to talk about removing the transfer station from the area. “We will ask the mayor to shift the garbage directly to the waste management plant rather than dumping it first in the transfer station as its improper management is also causing health issues among other problems. If the mayor still fails to consider our issues, we will be forced to start a massive protest against authorities,” said Rawat.
