The Hindu 31.08.2012
Mandur residents okay dumping for a month
After meeting with Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar,
people living around Mandur landfill have agreed to allow garbage from
the city to be dumped there for the next one month.
A
delegation from the community met Mr. Shettar on Thursday. According to
a communiqué, the Chief Minister directed Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara
Palike (BBMP) Commissioner Rajneesh Goel to clear the accumulated
garbage at the landfill within one year after processing it. The
community demanded supply of potable water to 15 affected villages as
its sources were polluted, besides compensating farmers for crop loss.
They also urged him to ask BBMP to stop dumping garbage at night.
The
BBMP was also directed to repair the roads in Mandur and surrounding
areas, besides controlling the spread of diseases and stench by spraying
chemicals at the landfill site. Mr. Shettar agreed to approve garbage
processing projects based on tried and tested models.
Protest
Earlier
in the day, people living near Terra Firma protested against the
unscientific dumping of garbage there and demanded that the two lakh
tonnes already dumped there be cleared at the earliest.
Deputy
Mayor L. Srinivas tried to pacify the protesters, but failed in his
attempts. Residents claimed that their surroundings had been polluted
and that several people were falling ill. Recently, an eight-year-old
boy, who was a resident of Gundlahalli, died of dengue, they said.