Remove waste from Buddha Nullah at Bachan Singh Road bridge: Residents

Harshraj Singh

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 24

In view of the rainy season, the Municipal Corporation and Irrigation Department are carrying out the work to remove silt and waste from the Buddha Nullah at different locations but a huge amount of solid waste have got collected around the bridge on Bachan Singh Road, near Dairy Complex of Haibowal on Hambran Road here. On one side of the bridge outside the MC limit, the Buddha Nullah highly polluted water is not visible due to a large amount of solid waste collected and weed. Residents want the nullah must be cleaned without any further delay.

The trash has covered the Buddha Nullah stretch from several other points inside and outside the MC’s limit but the departments concerned are yet to get it cleaned. The solid waste from an MC garbage dump that is located at the back of a college hostel is falling into the Buddha Nullah and getting collected under a bridge near Haibowal Chowk inside the MC limit. Despite repeated demand of residents, the Municipal Corporation has failed to remove the garbage dump.

The waste has also got collected at a point where floating barriers were earlier installed near the Peeru Banda area inside the city. Besides, a huge amount of trash and weed is visible in the Buddha Nullah stretch outside the MC’s limit on the Jainpur and other villages side.

The waste from a number factories and dairies (on Hambran Road and Tajpur Road) is still being dumped into the Buddha Nullah as the MC and PPCB failed to act against the violators.

A resident Gaganpreet Singh, said, “The solid waste should be removed from the Buddha Nullah stretch inside and outside the city at the earliest, while the authorities concerned should also act against the factories and dairies that have been polluting the drain for decades. Those who throw any kind of waste should be dealt with strictly. The MC should also stop releasing its untreated sewage into the drain. Moreover, the government authorities must pay focus to strengthen the banks of the Buddha Nullah.”

The MC is carrying out a drive to remove the waste from the Buddha Nullah inside the city areas. The Irrigation Department is currently carrying out work outside the MC’s limit on Tajpur Road, while the work outside MC’s limit on the Jainpur side (Hambran Road side) is yet to be started.

Superintending Engineer, MC, Ravinder Garg said the MC’s limit is till the bridge located on Bachan Singh Road near the dairy complex. He said the area where the huge waste has collected is located outside the MC’s jurisdiction. He said, “The de-silting work has already been done once inside the city limit. Now, the de-silting work is being done with machines once again. If waste has got collected at any point in city areas, it will be checked and removed at the earliest.”

Executive Engineer of the Irrigation Department Harjot Singh said the work was going on in full swing to clean the nullah stretch, outside the MC’s limit on Tajpur Road. He said the machines would be deployed at various bridges for cleaning of the Buddha Nullah outside the MC’s limit on the Jainpur side from July 1 onwards.

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