Yavatmal becoming a garbage dumping ground

Yavatmal: Yavatmal has become a garbage dumping ground. It is a threat to public health. One of the councillors of Yavatmal Municipal Council Nitin Giri, who is the ex-chairman of the health committee, has written to district collector Amol Yedge to act immediately to curb the outbreak of epidemic diseases and its spread in the city.
“Garbage is not being cleared from the city since the last 3-4 months.Heaps of garbage are seen everywhere. Foul smell emitting from the uncleaned drainage causes health hazards,” said Giri.
“ The city has also become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and neither the Municipal Council nor the district administration is taking any cognizance,” he added.
A couple of councillors are deploying their own men and machinery to get the garbage cleared and are paying from their own pockets.
In his letter, Giri also drew the collector’s attention towards vehicles worth Rs 5 crore purchased for collecting garbage which are gathering dust. “With Covid spreading, no effort is being made to sanitize the city. Citizens are paying taxes, but the funds are being utilized for non productive purposes,” alleged Giri.
Meanwhile, residents of Muslim-dominated localities have threatened of dumping the garbage in front of the residence of the collector if he doesn’t solve the problem.