Ghaziabad, March 17 (IANS) Over 1,700 tonnes of garbage piled up across Ghaziabad on Tuesday as sanitation workers continued their strike for the second day protesting alleged apathy by officials towards their problems.
Sanitation workers of the municipal corporation refused to pick up the garbage in the absence of a dumping ground in Ghaziabad.
The workers' leaders said municipal officials were notified that in the absence of a dumping ground, the staff had no place to dump the garbage. But the officers ignored them, and so the sanitation workers decided to go on strike.
Acknowledging the problem, Municipal Commissioner Abdul Samad said: "Of course, we have a problem of dumping ground, but we have to lift and dispose off the garbage at every cost."
"They demanded a proper place to dump. But the city has limitations and is facing a land crunch. The workers should not bother about that... the top officers of the city administration are concerned about it and working to solve the problem."
Environmental activist Akash Vashishtha said the municipality was dumping waste wherever it finds a vacant place.
"Over a month ago, they found a vacant stretch of land alongside the railway track and started dumping garbage there. The municipal corporation is playing havoc with people's health."
Councillor Rajendra Tyagi said a nexus of builders and the authorities was the main hurdle in setting up a dumping ground in the fast-growing city whose population has risen to over 30 lakh.
Officials said a dumping ground was to be created in Dundahera and the Hindon air force station also gave a no objection certificate. But a realty firm obtained a stay order from the Supreme Court.
Narendra Modi Himachal Visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give many big gifts to Himachal o
Foreign trips starting with Precaution
France, Germany, and the United States can now operate travel (movement and departure) to India a
Goa mining: Ministry lifts stay on green clearances
Panaji, March 21 (IANS) The union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) has formally lift
Association for deaf opposes merger of bodies
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) on Monday opposed the mer
In Bihar, now the discussion on the share of the new Mahagathbandhan government has started. That
Modi was prompt in condemning terror incident: Tunisian envoy
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The terror attack in Tunisia that left 19 people dead is a move to &
Netflix and YRF Entertainment's series 'The Railway Men' is going to be released shortly from now
Coronavirus in China: Coronavirus in China has once again destroyed the lives of people. Every da
Pakistan airstrikes on Afghanistan, about 30 people died in the attack
At least 30 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured in an airstrike by the Pakistan Army in
The Bollywood industry has bet crores of rupees on big-budget films. In the coming days, many meg
