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Congress members, residents protest garbage dumping

Staff Reporter

`Kitchipalayam dump yard poses serious health hazard; children often ill'

TOGETHER IN GROUSE: Residents of Kitchipalayam in Salem say foul smell from the dump has become unbearable. - Photo: P. Goutham

SALEM: Congress party workers and the residents of Kitchipalayam observed a token fast here on Monday urging the Salem Corporation to stop disposing garbage at the dump yard in their area.

The Corporation was dumping a major portion of city's waste at the Kitchipalayam dump yard and sending a few loads to other dumps in Sooramangalam and Veeranam.

As a result, the Kitchipalayam dump was overflowing and residents nearby faced many difficulties. Residents said that continuous dumping posed a serious threat to their health. With the dump lacking a compound wall, waste had gotten into residential colonies.

Fly menace had increased in the area. Children and women in nearby residential colonies were suffering from breathing problems as the air was heavily polluted. Children were often falling ill. Rag pickers were setting afire the garbage and the foul smell emanating from the dump had become unbearable these days.

Despite repeated requests, the Corporation continued to dispose garbage in the dump that was located in the centre of the city.

Residents demanded that the Corporation stop the dumping immediately. The president of City Congress Committee S.D. Panneerselvam led the protest.

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