The Hindu 04.04.2013
Anakapalle civic body in a fix over garbage dumping
The issue of Anakapalle garbage dumping at Achayyapeta
under Sundarayyapeta Panchayat near the jaggery town did not come up for
hearing at the High Court on Wednesday, and this has sparked off
another major headache for Anakapalle Municipality.
A
Division Bench of the High Court granted an interim stay on March 26 on
dumping of garbage at the village and directed the Commissioner of
Anakapalle Municipality to file a counter on April 3.
Since
the matter did not come up for hearing on Wednesday, Anakapalle
Municipality, which hoped the stay would be vacated, found itself to be
in a fix. After the High Court issued the stay order, the Municipality
took the garbage to Koppaka on the National Highway near the town for
dumping.
When the farmers there also objected it made
a temporary agreement with the villagers and on its behalf Health
Officer P. Nageswara Rao in a letter dated March 30, requested the
farmers to allow dumping of garbage till April 3 and assured them that
the municipality would not dump garbage later and would also shift it to
Achayyapeta once the stay was vacated.
Where the
Anakapalle Municipality would dump its garbage from Thursday is a big
question mark as the Koppaka farmers may not allow the dumping and the
municipality has committed itself in writing that it would not dump the
garbage.