Pics: Dayananda Kukkaje

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Nov 9: People living in apartments located at Mannagudda have been struggling with the problem of insects and bugs since evening. Their peace of mind gets disturbed every day and their sleep is robbed every night because of the menace of cockroaches, other insects and bugs which invade their houses every evening.

Central warehouse in Mannagudda in the city under the central government, which was built several years ago for storing ration items meant for distribution to fair price shops in the district, has made the people of the apartments standing in the area to curse themselves for choosing to live here. The problem is particularly acute for people living in three apartments standing in the neighbourhood of this warehouse.

Worse of all, the insects also fall into their food plates and make their way into the ears during their sleep. In the morning, they are faced with the messy task of having to clear dead insects which cover the floors. An unbearable stench is always present inside their flats, these residents rue. The people of these apartments have been demanding for shifting the warehouse elsewhere.

Tarun, resident of one of these apartments, says that insects barge into his home through windows and doors and get into nooks and corners of the apartment including food items. People have made it a habit to put cotton into their ears before going to bed, he says.

The apartment residents, unable to bear the suffering anymore, went to the warehouse where they saw stock of rice that was covered by different kinds of insects and bugs. Angered by this state of affairs, they took to task the depot manager. The manager promised them of solving the problem.

A look at the current condition of the godown gives the visitors a feeling that stock of rice from here has never been sent anywhere since the last several months. When the rice is infected by insects, it becomes unfit for consumption. Therefore the department needs to attend to the problem and take steps to safe-keep the grains by taking appropriate steps including keeping the warehouse free of insects, and this step will automatically solve the problems of the apartment residents.