SAYED KAMRAN ALI
SURANKOTE
SEP 08
Surankote Tehsil been declared as one of the wrost Tehsil of the distt even the posh locality of Surankote tehsil is grappling with the menace of indiscriminate dumping of garbage thereby causing hazardous unhygienic conditions for the residents.Heaps of garbage can be seen at any given point of time, but the authorities concerned have failed to pay any heed to this issue of grave concern for the residents.
Beophar Mandal President Azhar Manhas said area dumping garbage on road and front of Hospital area. As the Municipal Corporation (MC) does not carry regular cleaning, the garbage remains dumped for weeks and months. As a result, the residents are prone to various communicable diseases.
Sohail said residents have to face this problem on a daily basis as the MC authorities of Surankote does not remove the garbage for dumping away from busy market and residential of gurdwara areas.
Residents are demanding to some other place or MC authorities acts to remove this garbage for dumping elsewhere properly.
“The area should be sanitised to avoid an outbreak of any disease as the area gives a stinky smell which has made things difficult for us,” Farman said a residents
said that they have to face a lot of difficulties due to the solid waste being dumped in the stand located in the main town.
“We have apprised the concerned authorities several times and requested not to dump solid waste in the open here but they have turned a deaf ear to our repeated pleas,” shakeel said.
“Passengers hesitate to even come to the sad area -as the garbage dumped here produces a bad smell. The MC authorities has put our lives to risk and many drivers and even passengers have taken ill several times.” It has become difficult for us to even pass by these areas as the garbage dumped near these important places produce such bad smell. We have to keep our mouths covered in order to pass by these areas,”
