The Times of India 29.09.2014
MCG messes up malba disposal plan
GURGAON:
Though the MCG has engaged itself in a major cleanliness drive across
the city, it is paying little attention to construction and demolition
(C&D) waste that is increasingly enveloping the city with each
passing day.
It has been almost a year since the MCG announced
having identified four sites where residents can dump malba (C&D
waste). These sites, at villages Choma, Gadhauli Kalan, Mullahera and
Kherki Majra, are inaccessible, and many seem to be unaware about them.
Field experts, however, said the sites identified by the MCG were not
suitable for throwing C&D waste.
The MCG has not issued any
official letter or notified any of its contractors about the dumping of
C&D waste at these four designated sites. On paper, meanwhile, the
MCG has said that anybody found dumping C&D waste in places apart
from the four mentioned, will be penalized.
“The entire city is
turning into a huge malba dumping ground. In fact, A couple of days ago
I recorded a truck offloading malba in Aravali zone off the
Gurgaon-Faridabad road. I showed it to the MCG commissioner who promised
to place security guards in that area to prevent such incidents in the
future. On Saturday, however, I saw a truck doing the same thing on the
same road and I could not see a single guard anywhere in the vicinity,”
Ruchika Sethi, a resident, said.
“In the given circumstances I
am doing my best,” MCG commissioner Vikas Yadav said, adding he would
take stock of the situation only next week.
