Dairy waste still being dumped into Buddha Nullah: Task force

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 29

In a meeting of the Project Monitoring Committee for the Buddha Nullah Rejuvenation Project at the STP Jamalpur site, the members of the Special Task Force for Buddha Nullah shared concern as the civic body is yet to stop dairies from dumping waste into the Buddha Nullah.

The meeting, however, was not attended by senior MC officials and a few elected representatives, who are members of the Special Task Force.

Col JS Gill (retd), member of the STF for Buddha Nullah, said they raised the issue of dairies located on Hambran Road and Tajpur Road as waste from them was still being dumped into the Buddha Nullah. He said the MC had earlier planned to shift dairies outside its jurisdiction, but these were not shifted. “Even, no steps have been taken to set up effluent treatment plants at existing dairy complexes,” he said.

“Almost one year is going to be completed since launch of the Rejuvenation of Buddha Nullah project, but issues related to dairies have not been resolved. Without stopping waste from dairies, the project can’t be made successful,” he said.

Superintending Engineer, MC, Rajinder Singh said the STF members inspected the ongoing project work. “The STF members have demanded that the issues related to dairies be resolved at the earliest. Besides, the members also recommended setting up new sewerage treatment plant at Balloke.”