Mangalore: Pachanady residents vent ire over unscientific garbage disposal

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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Jul 17: Minor chaos ruled outside MCC building here on Wednesday July 17 evening after residents of Pachanady decided to vent their ire over the unscientific and careless manner in which garbage was being disposed at the Pachanady dump yard.

The residents said that of late, the MCC workers who were assigned the job of disposing garbage had been dumping waste meat in the open instead of burying it as per stipulation.

"The meat remnants are picked up by dogs which leave them on roadside or inside compounds of houses. Because of this, diseases like dengue are on the rise in the area," they said.

They further said that they had on earlier occasions warned the workers not to dump meat in the open, but to no avail.

Frustrated, the locals finally decided to take action, and on Wednesday seized the garbage truck and brought it all the way to MCC building where they planned to dump the garbage.

However, Barke police arrived at the spot and stopped them from dumping the garbage there. The situation was soon brought under control after police intervention.