Expressing concern over the health of over one lakh people residing in and around Hosayellapur in Dharwad due to smog at the dumping yard, residents have urged the municipal corporation to come out with a solution to resolve the issue.
On Tuesday, the residents, led by members of International Foundation for Empowerment and Social Justice (IFESJ), met Commissioner of Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation Gopalkrishna B. in Dharwad and submitted to him a charter of demands that they said required immediate attention.
They brought to the notice of the municipal commissioner thatover one lakh people residing in Hosayellapur, Vidyagiri, Lakshmi Nagar, Jannath Nagar, Vivekanand Colony, Yalakki Shettar Colony and surrounding areas are in need of clean air as smog has engulfed these localities causing health hazard. They said that smog was the result of indiscriminate burning of dry and wet waste at the Hosayellapur dumping yard, which was going on unabated posing threats to the lives of children and senior citizens.
