Gram panchayat found dumping solid waste on riverbank
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January 18, 2021 00:05 IST
Officer says wet waste handling was outsourced to a contractor in June last and the latter had said that he was disposing it of on his own land
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Solid waste from Padubidri Gram Panchayat limits found dumped on the northern bank of the Shambhavi in Hejmadi village in Udupi district on Sunday.
Officer says wet waste handling was outsourced to a contractor in June last and the latter had said that he was disposing it of on his own land
An instance wherein a gram panchayat that was duty-bound to protect the environment itself indulging in environment pollution has come to light in Hejmadi in Udupi district where solid waste from the neighbouring Padubidri Gram Panchayat limits was being dumped on the banks of the Shambhavi.