Citizens residing near the dumping yard area are coming up with complaints of health issues due to unhygienic maintenance by the civic body. The municipal authorities are blamed to have a negligent behavior towards the dumping area because of which the trash and other dumping material have entered the residential area in the form ooze and sludge.
Pungent smell has entered the colonies and the dumping yard has even become a production house for mosquitoes. Such problems are affecting the senior citizens and especially the children are falling sick in the nearby areas.
Navnirman cooperative society, Janta cooperative society and Friends cooperative society are the areas that are majorly affected by the filth from dumping yard. The residents from these areas have lodged a complaint several times, but in return, no positive action is being taken by the NMC authorities.
Besides this, these same areas are getting contaminated water. Due to leaking water pipelines the areas are seen suffering from the issue of poor water quality. For last one month the local residents obliged to use tankers due to the contaminated water supply in the area.
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