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Written by: JKNS

Category: ENVIRONMENT

Published: 23 February 2020

SRINAGAR: The inhabitants of Kanitar area of Srinagar on Sunday expressed resentment against the district administration for neglecting them over the past several years.  They alleged that employees of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) are not carrying sanitation in the area. As per the residents, in Gulshan lane area of the colony, district administration has failed to setup the electric poles and there are no street lights in the area.

Raising eyebrows from the locals, they said despite ‘repeated attempts’ to resolve the matter but concerned authorities turned deaf ears to the issue. Ali Mohammad, a local said both SMC and district administration are responsible for creating mess in the area. There are no proper electric poles and piles of garbage could be spotted everywhere.

“Heaps of garbage is lying open and foul smell from garbage is becoming the breeding ground for several diseases”, he said. Another local Aqib Ahmad said garbage has now attracted stray dogs as they keep searching for food in these dumps. It had posed threat to locals particularly pedestrians, he said.

Wani said, the solid waste including plastic bags, polythene and vegetable wastes are being spotted on every corner of the lane and SMC is in deep slumber.  “Authorities have turned a blind eye toward our colony. We are being deliberately neglected,” he said. A senior official at SMC told JKNS that they will clear all the garbage from the area. We would start fresh sanitation drive the site on Monday.