The Hindu 02.04.2013
DWMA asked to inspect dumping yard site
The District Water Management Agency (DWMA) was directed
to verify if the dumping of garbage from Anakapalle at Atchiahpeta
village would obstruct the flow of water from the check dams constructed
in the past on the site selected for the garbage dumping yard,
Collector V. Sheshadri said on Monday.
People of
Atchiahpeta and surrounding villages were opposing dumping of garbage in
the village and 20 were arrested during the agitation and were later
released on bail. The High Court gave a temporary stay on dumping of
garbage and would hear the version of Commissioner of Anakapalle on
April 3. The villagers said the municipality did not get the consent of
gram panchayat or the AP Pollution Control Board for dumping the garbage
and quoted earlier order of Division Bench that municipalities could
not dump their garbage outside their municipal areas. Mr. Sheshadri,
while talking to reporters, expressed an opinion that zones for garbage
dumping and other needs should have been identified and provided in
urban planning but that was seldom done. The site for dumping Anakapalle
municipality’s garbage at Atchiahpeta was selected several years ago,
probably because it was the best option considering a municipality
facing constraints like lack of space and proximity, he said. Earlier
general secretary of AP Vyvasaya Vrittidarula Union P.S. Ajay Kumar, who
was one of those arrested and released during the agitation, met Mr.
Shesadri here and submitted a memorandum.