Garbage piles filling up in Gonikoppalu

Special Report: H.K. Jagadish

Gonikoppalu, Mar. 22: The commercial city of Gonikoppal is growing day by day. Various settlements are rising. Big buildings, hotels, and malls are also functioning in the city. Most of the people are coming to Gonikoppal city from different parts. Due to this, more and more garbage is accumulating in the city every day. The garbage that has been accumulated for the last two months is not being transported elsewhere. Instead, the garbage pile of Gonikoppal Gram Panchayat has been collected in the form of a hill on the road side of Harishchandrapura on the Gonikoppa-Mysore main road.

A pile of garbage has also accumulated near the bridge of the 3rd ward, which is far from the densely populated area of ​​the town. The garbage that is collected in the city every day is being filled in bags. The garbage piles are now full and are being scattered in the excessive wind. Although a tender has been issued to transport the accumulated garbage, it has been observed that the contractors are not interested in transporting the accumulated garbage.

Garbage piles were not seen in the city for the last 2 months. In recent times, it is being said that the garbage piles are not getting rid of due to lack of willpower in the Gram Panchayat administration system. The cold war between the president and the Gram Panchayat development officers has been going on for the last several months, and the same problem is being said for the garbage piles.

Every day, the civic workers are sorting the dry garbage and storing it in bags. Some bags are mixed with wet garbage and are being dragged by stray dogs and spread on the road. Due to this, a foul smell has started spreading. It is common for citizens, including children, to walk to various settlements from the 3rd section bridge with their noses covered.

Although MLA Ponnanna has given clear instructions in the past to get rid of the garbage problem, no benefit is seen. Although there is a system in the village of Aruvattoklu Panchayat to collect dry waste, the necessary arrangements for its collection are not being made. The contractor identified for the collection of waste is not responding properly, which is causing the garbage problem to escalate. Every day, the civic workers of the Gram Panchayat are collecting garbage from 8 wards of the city in Panchayat vehicles. They are also collecting garbage from shops, hotels, etc. in the town in the morning and evening. The garbage collected is filled in bags and stacked one on top of the other, resulting in piles of garbage turning into mountains.

Gonikoppa, a prestigious Gram Panchayat of Kodagu, is growing beyond the town Panchayat. The prices of plots in the settlements are skyrocketing. Although the income is also being collected well, the Gram Panchayat has not been successful in finding a solution to the garbage problem. As the city grows, so does the amount of garbage collected. But the lack of space to store the garbage has remained an unsolved problem for many years.

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