The Deccan Chronicle 26.11.2010
New hurdles for GHMC in acquiring dump yardNov. 25: After facing stiff opposition from local farmers, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is facing fresh hurdles in taking over 723 acres of land in Nalgonda district for a garbage dumping yard.
A former Congress minister from Nalgonda is apparently averse to the idea of the dump yard in his district. Despite the GHMC writing several times to hand over the site, the Nalgonda district collector is stalling the matter, reportedly under pressure from the ex-minister and local farmers.
The state government had issued a GO in July, allocating 723 acres of land in Malkapur village of Choutuppal Mandal in Nalgonda to the GHMC for turning it into a scientific garbage disposal site.
The delay in taking over the site in the meantime is prolonging the sufferings of the families living around the Jawaharnagar dump yard. Families living in Rajiv Gruha Kalpa Apartments near the Jawaharnagar dumping yard and the colonies of Jawaharnagar, Ahmedguda, Nagaram, Hardaspalli and several villages en route to the dump yard have been complaining of ground-water, air and noise pollution besides having to live with the stink of garbage.
The GHMC additional commissioner Mr S.K. Aleem Basha said they were writing again to the Nalgonda revenue authorities to hand over the site. “We need three to four sites for garbage dumping yards,” he added.
