Suhail Rather
Bandipora, 21 Feb:- Municipal Council Bandipora which in official records is possessing few kanals land for garbage dumping but the ground reality is quite contradictory.
It has been observed that in the recent years the Municiplity Bandipora has encroached upon near about 200 Kanals of land in the vicinity of Bandipora town on the banks of famous Wular lake.
The dumping of garbage over such area in open is not only threat to human life but may seriously harm the aquatic life of wular lake.
The Bandipora Munaciplity administers 17 wards which on daily basis excrete round 50 tonnes of garbage and other wastes which is being dumped in open.
The Zalwan which was once used for sports activities is now being used by the said council for garbage dumping.
The foul smell which expells from said garbage expands to about Two kilometer radius distance which can become the potential cause of communicable diseases with the onset of summer.
The famous Wular lake has been encroached upon from all sides and this ever increasing encroachment around the Wular lake is killing the beauty of this notable destination .
Locals told that they have made umpteen representations for construction of sewage plant but nothing was materialised.
Sources told that besides getting approval for construction of waste disposal plant in area Municipal council Bandipora has totally failed to construct the plant.
The situation is getting worse with each passing day.
Municipal Council have funds allocation of worth crores from State as well as Central sector but it has failed to provide better services to public in all walks of life whether it is street lighting or proper drainage system.
Blamming the authorities Municipal Council is turning a blind eye to the prevailing conditions.
Municipal authorities have not taken any action to put an end to this mess.
In every field Municipal Council is playing hide and seek game with their duties .
Once there was a time when Bandipora Municiplity was managing the traffic but now they have forgotten their prime duties as the result of this hundreds of vehicles get stranded in the market .Now it is only by the virtue of locals and Police department that such a problem has been neutralised to a large extent.
The Street lights are not functioning properly during night hours which gives easy chance to robbers to loot the assets of shopkeepers.
Even the senior officers are in a hurry to get transffered as soon as possible and are showing dis-intrest in performing their duties which results in the faliure of the system.
It is quite unfortunate to say that even the District administration is acting as mere mute spectator with regard to the duties of Officers/Officials of Bandipora municiplity.
One local namely Irshad Ahmad Dar of Nusoo told that since my childhood Municiplity has been talking about construction of Sewage plant for dumping purpose but till date i am 33 years old and it appears only on papers but nothing has been done on ground level .He further told that the Municiplity is definitely playing with the health of common man because of delay in construction of sewage plant.
Similarly the condition of Bandipora srinagar road is worse .It gets very difficult for the travellers in general and the patients in particular to reach srinagar in late hours apart from their timely return.
The bad condition of the road results in enormous wastage of time ,money and energy.
This daily is carrying this news for years now but it seems that the district administration is in deep slumber to address this important public concern .
While contacting with Chief Executive Officer Municipal Council Bandipora Wali Mohammad he assured that the entire system which comes under the jurisdiction of the Bandipora municiplity will be put on track in the forth coming days.
