The industrial and commercial waste generated from Pune that is dumped in Urali Devachi is creating a host of problems for the nearby villagers.
The industrial and commercial waste generated from Pune that is dumped in Urali Devachi, about 25 kilometers from the city, is creating a host of problems for the nearby villagers.
Urali Devachi village has been turned into a garbage dumping ground for tonnes of waste generated by the city’s nearly five million plus population.The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) shifted the dumping ground from Kothrud to Urali Devachi, located on Pune-Saswad road, in 1999.
Over 1,250 tonnes of garbage, including plastic waste, is dumped everyday at the five-acre dumping ground close to the village.
Villagers complain that they are facing a host of problems, mainly relating to health, due to contamination and pollution.
Villagers have been forced to abandon farmlands, which have been strewn with polythene bags and waste material brought by winds from the garbage dump.
Ground water has also been contaminated. Dengue, malaria, diarrhoea are common ailments people are suffering with, besides the menace of stray dogs.
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Tatya Saheb Bhadale, a village youth, said: “Because of this, people from nearby areas are not giving their daughters in marriage to boys in our village. Everyone here is facing a lot of problems”.
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The PMC is yet to undertake work at the dumping ground on the Central Government sponsored Solid Waste Management and Drainage Programme, for which the funds were recently earmarked.
Source: ANI
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