The Hindu 22.11.2010
Is the corporation's dump yard too close to village?
Staff Correspondent
People of Avaragolla village stop
garbage-carrying trucks and tractors
They claim residents are falling ill every day
DAVANGERE: People of Avaragolla village stopped trucks and tractors carrying garbage to the dumping yard near the village here on Sunday.
People of the village got into an argument with the pourakarmikas of Davangere City Corporation who were carrying garbage in vehicles.
The police, led by the Assistant Superintendent of Police Anupam Agarwal, Circle Inspector Jagadish along with a posse of policemen, rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
The police made it clear to the villagers that the stay order preventing the corporation from dumping garbage in the garbage yard had been vacated by the court and, hence, it could dump the waste in the pit set up about one-and-a-half kilometres from the village.
Hazardous
The people complained that because of the dumping of garbage near their village, they were falling ill every day. The stink from the dumping grounds was so bad that they couldn't eat.
They said that they would show medical records to prove just how many people, including women and children, have been admitted owing to the various diseases spreading because of the garbage dump nearby.
The police officers, who listened to them patiently, told them that they could appeal to the corporation to shift the garbage dumping yard or take the matter to the court again, but not stop the vehicles.
Later, the residents reluctantly allowed the vehicles to pass, promising to continue their fight.
