Trans-Ghaggar residents protest over Jhuriwala dumping site

Tribune News Service

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Panchkula, June 19

The Trans-Ghaggar Residents Sangharsh Committee today staged a protest over the new dumping site in Jhuriwala.

The protestors were supported by the Congress party workers.

Opposing the shifting of the dumping ground from Sector 23 to Jhuriwala, residents said the proximity of the new dumping site to residential areas would have repercussions in the form of degradation of air and groundwater and threat to flora and fauna.

The residents had earlier given a week’s time to the administration to look into their demands or face protest.

Former Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan, Kalka MLA Pardeep Chaudhary, Shivalik Vikas Manch president Vijay Bansal and former Mayor Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia were among those who extended their support to the protest.

BR Mehta, senior vice-president, RWA, Sector 25, said, “This dharna is to remind the Haryana Government and the Panchkula Municipal Corporation that they are violating the 2013 orders of the NGT, which clearly directs against the dumping of any solid waste at the Jhuriwala site.”

Questioning Haryana Speaker Gian Chand Gupta’s stand on the issue, protestors said in 2018, even the BJP leader had recommended to shift the proposed solid waste management plant to a place much away from the residential area.

Warning the state government, the protestors said if the authorities won’t pay heed to their concerns, they would approach the High Court and intensify their agitation.