Chandigarh MC poll: Dadu Majra residents to oppose outside candidate

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 4

With the authorities concerned having failed to find a solution to the waste dumping ground, the Dumping Ground Joint Action Committee has decided that if any political party fields a candidate from outside the colony in ward number 26, then the local residents will boycott him.

The committee, comprising Dadu Majra residents, has been raising the issue with UT Administration and the MC for a long time.

“We organised a mohalla meeting of people living around the dumping ground last night. It was decided if any big political party puts up a candidate from outside the colony in ward number 26 here, then the people of the colony will boycott him,” said Dayal Krishan, chairman of the committee.

“A number of women narrated how they are forced to live in unhygienic conditions due to the dumping ground. People are being misled in the name of removing the dumping ground. Now, we will not be taken in by their false promises anymore,” he added.

“The municipal elections are going to be held in December. Till now, all councillors who were elected from ward number 26 were from outside. They do not feel our problem. What do we face when it rains or wind blows here? How can they resolve our issue?” he asked.

Meanwhile, the corporation has failed to allot the work of upgrading garbage processing plant to any agency even one and a half years after taking over the plant from Jaypee Group. Of about 450 metric tonne of waste produced per day in the city, only about 70 metric tonne of waste is processed, the rest is thrown at the dumping ground.