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Dwarka becomes dumping ground

Staff Reporter

This results in breeding of flies and mosquitoes, posing a serious health hazard

NEW DELHI: It is not just the acute shortage of water that has angered residents of one of Asia's largest residential housing complexes in the modern sub-city that is Dwarka. Piles of garbage, choked sewer lines and rampant littering have reduced this "zero tolerance'' zone for waste to a hub of environmental pollution and a hotbed for various diseases.

While local residents have raised the issue with the authorities concerned, they complain that little has been done to change the situation in the area where the population is now growing at a rapid rate.

"Waste of all types can be seen strewn across streets and footpaths and even dumped into the big drains. Dwarka has an unusually large number of restaurants and eating-places and leftovers are the main component of solid waste here. Instead of proper waste disposal, all that the eating joints do is wash away all their leftovers into the drains,'' says Air Marshal L. K. Verma (Retd) of Vegma Enviro Consultants, a non-government organisation working in the area.

According to residents, what adds to the problem is the fact that food and other biodegradable waste undergo degradation and in the process choke drains and inhibit free flow of liquid waste.

"This results in breeding of flies and mosquitoes, posing a serious health hazard apart from being a perpetual source of nuisance,'' complained a resident.

Residents add that the presence of multiple agencies to manage waste has also resulted in confusion and shoddy implementation of the waste disposal and collection process.

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