The Hindu 22.04.2010
People block waste dumping
Staff Reporter
ERODE: Over 100 residents of three villages laid siege to vehicles of Soorampatti municipal administration near here on Tuesday in protest against the dumping of garbage in their area.
People living in Puthuvalasu, Thottipalayam and Muthampalayam gathered near the site acquired by the municipality for the dumping of garbage and blocked the vehicles. They said that the continuous dumping of garbage would severely damage the environment in their area. A majority of the people in the three villagers were depending on agriculture for their income. “If the natural resources in the area get polluted, we would have to leave the profession of agriculture,” they feared.
Earlier, officials had promised them that they would initiate steps to protect the environment.
“But the officials had failed to fulfil their promise,” people alleged.
