The Times of India             25.10.2010

Another proposed garbage dumping site near Kakori

LUCKNOW: With the proposed garbage dumping site in Malihabad being unable to obtain the requisite environmental clearance, the search for a new site has been initiated. On Sunday, a host of senior officials from district administration, including Lucknow divisional commissioner, inspected a site on Hardoi Road.

Spreading over an area of around 110 acre, the proposed garbage dumping ground is situated near Kakori. Municipal commissioner Shailesh Kumar Singh said that this site would be the most suitable site as it is essentially a 'usar' (sodic) land. The one in Dussheri Gaon in Malihabad, to note, had come to threaten the famous mango belt of the state, including the Mother tree of Dussheri.

Singh admitted that the LMC has no specified location where it could dump the enormous waste generated in the city. Around 1,500 metric tonnes of garbage generated in the city, is mostly dumped on the roads and other secluded places. A senior municipal official admitted that many a time, the dumpers drive around the city and look for a site away from population. "The dumper empties itself and immediately leaves,'' said a senior municipal official.

Singh said that with the finalising of a new site, the corporation would be in a position to efficiently dump the garbage. "Expect that to happen within a week or so,'' he said.