Poor sanitary conditions irk residents in Rohtak’s Sampla

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, November 21

Despite Rohtak city bagging the award of ‘Garbage-free city’ in the Swachh Survekshan 2021 survey, heaps of garbage can be spotted at various places in the adjoining Sampla town located in the district on Delhi road.

Sewer lines choked

Sewer lines are choked at many places. The authorities must follow the functioning of the Rohtak MC to make Sampla a ‘garbage-free’ town. Sunder Ohlyan, Resident

Tenders for new bins

Since dustbins kept in various public places are not in a good condition, a survey is being carried out to find the sites and place new dustbins there. — Pooja Indora, Chairperson, Municipal Committee

Dump lifted once a day

Old Grain Market chowk and Main Bazaar chowk, have extremely poor sanitation. Garbage is lifted once a day. Scattered dump remains unattended. — Shehzad, Resident

Dustbins kept in public places in the town are lying broken, which has led to scattering of garbage and other waste on roadsides. Stray animals rummaging through the waste has also become a common sight in the town.

“Old Grain Market chowk, Main Bazaar chowk, Railway road, Old Market Committee road, Gijhi chowk, Beri Chowk and Jhajjar road are the places where sanitary condition are extremely poor. Garbage is lifted once a day but the scattered waste on the road remains unattended,” said Shehzad, a resident.

Sukhchain, another resident, said heaps of garbage had piled up in many vacant plots near Bhaiya Wali Gali as sanitary workers had been using these plots as dumping grounds.

Sunder Ohlyan, another resident, said sanitary and sewage conditions were pitiable in Sampla town as a result of the ‘lethargic’ attitude of the municipal authorities in this respect. “Sewer lines are choked at many places, leading dirty water flowing on the roads. The authorities must follow the functioning of the Rohtak Municipal Corporation to make Sampla a ‘garbage-free’ town,” he added.

Pooja Indora, chairperson, Sampla Municipal Committee, said garbage was being collected daily door-to-door to ensure cleanliness and there was no complaint of cleanliness from residential areas.

“Since dustbins kept in various public places are not in a good condition, a survey is being carried out to find the sites and place new dustbins there. Tenders will be floated to buy new dustbins as soon as the survey concludes,” she added.

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