By Bijoy Handique (PNI)
Jorhat : Jorhat city threaten by a similar type of smoke that hovering every evening following burning of garbage besides the Goromur Crematorium along the river Tocklai for which people as well as students residing in educational and government residential areas and private residents are worst sufferer which is a slow carrier of various dreaded diseases like cancer, said Dipak Chakroborty, the chairman of Red Cross Society, Jorhat here today.
A total of over 60 tons average of garbage are produced from Jorhat Municipality Board jurisdiction which is from 19 Wards and after dumping at the dustbins, its being carried in dump at the unofficial dumping site at Goromur beside the river Tocklai which has turned the area to be unhygienic, even after repeated request, protest done by various organizations now and then and it is yet to take appropriate steps inspite of local MLA Hitendra Nath Goswami who is also the Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly whose initiative should have been first to give the people of his constituency for a healthy living but for the incumbent members of the Jorhat Municipality Board from the day 1 of their oath taking it has been witnessed to be mud sniggling game for power and money being played by the JMB members instead of disposing their day to day activities that supposed to be done when several areas are becoming dumping ground due to inefficiency of the so called the BJP Ward Commissioners of the JMB whose activity for keeping clean is totally zero, said a member from a Ward in condition of anonymity.
Moreover organizations and people from adjacent areas of Goromur, Bashbari, Pujadubi, Princes of Wales colony, Rajabari, Etakhuli, Green Park, Bongal Pukhuri submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner incharge of Jorhat who had assured all possible help after having discussion with new Deputy Commissioner who will be joining shortly to find a final solution over dumping and burning garbage. Though a burning unit is already existed at the same area but due to its minimum capacity it cannot be used on a daily manner, said Kailash Agarwalla, a member from the Goromur Crematorium management committee.