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Ravinder Sood
Palampur, February 5
Though the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission is being carried on in Palampur, the first phase has failed to give the desired results and no change is visible. There is little change in the sanitary conditions in Palampur.
The second phase of the mission, a Central-funded programme, was launched with much fanfare by the administrating in coordination with panchayats, municipals councils and block development officers of Palampur and Panchrukhi blocks in which ministers, MLA and senior officers participated.
Despite spending crores of rupees, there seems to be no impact here as one can see garbage dumps, emitting foul smell.
State agencies have failed to make proper arrangements for the disposal of garbage in 12 adjoining panchayats of Palampur which have been urbanised.
In the absence of any arrangements for the treatment and disposal of garbage, most water channels and forests of Palampur have turned into garbage dumps, resulting in contamination of water.
A number of local residents have thrown open their sewerage into these water channel, making the matter worse. The Bhiral and Mol, two tributaries of the river passing through Palampur, have become highly polluted as 90 per cent waste of Palampur is dumped in these two streams.
Block development officers of Bhawarna and Panchrukhi have failed to deliver. Despite repeated requests of various NGOs, and social bodies, they have failed to convene meetings to review the situation.
Only Aima panchyats has made own arrangement for the collection and disposal of garbage. The panchayat has set up its own grabge treatment plant.
Sanjiv Rana, pardhan of panchayat, says residents are not cooperating regarding payments for the monthly collection charges fixed by the panchayats.
Besides Aima panchayat, there is no arrangements for disposal of garbage in other 12 panchyats like Bindravan, Lohana, Bundla, Chokki, Tanda, Maranda, Bharmat Rajpur, etc which have also been urbanised.
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