Sector 40 sitting on filth volcano

Chandigarh: Despite two dumping corners, Sector 40 has markets and streets littered with garbage.
Sanitary conditions are worst in 40D, while rotten vegetables and plastic waste adorn the footpath next to the community center in Sector 40-A, the open area for farmer’s market, the service land behind the showrooms, the road to Sector 39, and the space along Sharda Sarvhitkari Senior Secondary School.The parks are filled with twigs, garbage, and dead leaves.
The people living in the government quarters opposite the school can’t sit in their backyards because of constant stench, besides the hovering mosquitoes and house flies. “If our children go out to play, the environment is so dirty that we are afraid they might fall ill,” said Kiran, a woman living nearby. Simi Abrol, another woman from the vicinity, said: “While mosquitoes and flies annoy us for months, stray dogs ransack the dustbins and the wind carries that garbage into our houses.”
The roads are cleaned every day but the departing garbage trucks leave a trail of trash. The civic authorities claim that to save a petty amount of Rs 70 a month, households first don’t subscribe to doorstep garbage collection and then discard their waste in the open after dark. The families contested the charge. A resident said: “Day before yesterday, all the disposable plates and glasses they collected after a wedding were dumped in my lane.”
Confronted, a sanitation worker said: “The garbage truck comes every four days, and this is the point from where it lifts all the refuse we collect from all the roads. Being old women, we can’t walk up to every dumpster. Besides, how much waste can only a lone truck carry?”
The amount of plastic in the filth lying next to the showrooms defeats polythene ban in the market, where the dustbins also are always overflowing. “The MC workers don't do anything and the officials don’t bother. Every Wednesday and Saturday, when farmers lay their market, the entire ground and all the pavements gets covered with rotten fruits and vegetables. The sanitation workers refuse to clean up the mess,” said shopkeeper Rajesh Sharma. Many other residents had similar complaint.