Garbage chokes Walled City, triggers sanitation problems

TNN | Updated: Apr 21, 2020, 12:18 IST

A pile of garbage on a road near Walled City on Monday

JAIPUR: Lockdown in Walled City has created a problem of garbage disposal in many areas. Residents have been complaining about irregular garbage collecting vehicles which is leading to degraded sanitation problems.
Lokesh Meena, a resident of Regaron ki Basti in Ghat Gate, said since a week, trash collecting vehicles haven’t come to his locality. He said, “As the lockdown has been extended, vehicles are not coming regularly. Our houses are filled with garbage and people have started to dump it on the roads. Due to lockdown, we can’t even go to Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) office to file complaints.”
Residents of Haldiyon ka Raasta near Johri Market claimed that the drains are choked. Ajay Singh, a resident of the area said, “Garbage vehicles are not regular and sewage lines are getting choked. People have started dumping garbage on roads. Drains are overflowing in many areas.”
As the number of positive cases are rising, sanitation workers residing in Walled City are working and no outsiders are allowed. This has created a problems since sanitation workers do not reside in all the areas.
A senior JMC official said such problems exist in areas that are sealed. “Such complaints are coming from those areas which are completely sealed. The entire city is cleaned properly especially in the time of lockdown. Sealed areas and its surrounding are facing such issue which will be solved very soon,” said the JMC official.