Garbage dumping along the roadside near Government Girls Higher Secondary School in main town Handwara has become a nuisance for the students and commuters.
The residents of the area said that unknown persons throw garbage near the school during evening hours every day thus affecting the movement of people.
They said that the presence of garbage has increased the dog population manifold in the area with the result students and locals fear to walk on the road which connects several villages including Salman Abad, Herpora, Banday Mohalla, Chowdhary Mohalla, Darshpora and others.
“We are unable to figure out why officials of Municipal Committee Handwara are not taking action against those involved in throwing garbage on the road side. We have two schools nearby including Government Girls Higher Secondary School and Government Boys Higher Secondary School where almost four thousand students are enrolled. These students often find it difficult to reach school due to the presence of dogs in the area,” a local of the area told Greater Kashmir.
People who come for morning walk at the playground of Government Boys Higher Secondary School Handwara also find it difficult to reach the venue due to foul smell and presence of stray dogs. The residents said that they have brought this issue into the notice of concerned officials numerous times but to no avail.
Meanwhile, people from Umer Abad Khunbal ‘A’ also registered the same complaint. They said most of the hoteliers in old bus stand Handwara have been throwing garbage near the old building of post office Handwara resulting in enduring hardships to the local inhabitants.
“After MC Handwara officials failed to take actions against the accused, I managed to film two workers of a hotel who arrived the spot with buckets full of garbage, they piled up the garbage at the said spot to which I resented but they hurriedly left from there,” said Suhail Ahmad a local. They demanded stern action against those involved.
Pertinently, few months back, when the issue was highlighted in this newspaper, Executive Officer Municipal Committee Handwara Shahid Ahmad had assured to take concrete steps by installing CCTV cameras near Government Girls Higher Secondary School but nothing has been done so far in this regard. EO MC Handwara Shahid Ahmad while talking to Greater Kashmir, once again assured to install cameras at this specific spot so that those involved will be taken to task.
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