| Govt defies SWM rules, residents threaten agitation | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 25: Kandi Belt Movement has strongly condemned the illegal move of the Jammu Municipal Corporation to dump garbage in Kot-Bhalwal, a highly populated area of Jammu district in violation of Solid Waste Management Rules.
People of Kot-Bhalwal and adjoining villages have been protesting for last about fifteen days against the illegal dumping of garbage by JMC but administration has paid no heed. Kandi Belt Movement has threatened to intensify the ongoing stir if the Govt failed to take notice of the people's demand. Addressing a press conference here today, KD Singh, Chairman Kandi Belt Movement said that JMC identified the land for dumping of garbage at Bhalwal in the year 2004 but after representations and protests by locals, Govt gave in writing that no garbage will be dumped in the area as it is highly populated.
He said that in 2011 Govt again tried to dump garbage at Bhalwal forcibly but the attempts were foiled by the local residents. The then DyCM and officers of JMC agreed to shift the dumping site to some alternate place as the area nearby had University, College, Schools, Mandir, Masjid, Madarasa, Gurudwara, Church etc. and was thickly populated. KD Singh said that it is very unfortunate that from February 2018, JMC in violation of Solid Waste Management Rules and State Pollution Control Board rules has again started dumping about 200-250 trucks of solid waste in Bhalwal area. |
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