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Godavari to meet the same fate of Musi?
In the absence of a garbage disposal yard, nearly 35 tonnes of garbage generated daily in the temple town is being disposed near the flood bank of River Godavari. As a result, a reeking smell is spreading the whole area besides polluting the river and putting the health of denizens in danger.
Bhadrachalam: In the absence of a garbage disposal yard, nearly 35 tonnes of garbage generated daily in the temple town is being disposed near the flood bank of River Godavari. As a result, a reeking smell is spreading the whole area besides polluting the river and putting the health of denizens in danger.
Bhadrachalam is a major panchayat in the Bhadradri-Kothagudem district, however, it has no garbage dump yard. The town has 20 wards and 24 housing colonies with over 80,000 inhabiting the town.
An extent of 35 tonnes of garbage is generated in the town. Two three-wheelers and six tractors are employed to collect garbage daily from houses, hospitals, shops, institutions and the garbage is disposed on either side of the roads.
In fact, the flood bank is built to prevent the town from floods. Moreover, the people of the town spend their evenings on the river bund to breathe a whiff of fresh air and engross themselves in the natural beauty.
However, the dumping of the garbage has led to breeding of mosquitoes in the area, besides emitting stench. Since October 2014, the Panchayat workers have been dumping the garbage here deviating from the normal practice of disposing the garbage at Yetapaka, which went to Andhra Pradesh post-bifurcation.
The officials have proposed to dump the garbage at Sarapaka, which is three km away from the temple town. But, the residents of Sarapaka did not accept the proposal. Talking to The Hans India, Revenue Divisional Officer P Sivanarayana Reddy said that a suitable site would be identified soon. Till then, the garbage disposal would continue as usual.
Local legislator Sunnam Rajaiah told The Hans India that he had represented the problem to the State government many a times, but the response from the government was nil. He said he would meet the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on this issue and explain the situation.
A senior citizen in the temple town, TV Ramana Rao, speaking to The Hans India, remarked that the government has been drawing huge plans to develop the temple at a cost of Rs 100 crore, but not bothered to solve the basic problem of identifying a suitable dumping yard.
