Summary:
Uttarkashi: In gross violation of environment laws and negating efforts to clean Ganga, the Uttarkashi civic body was found to be disposing of garbage in a dumping zone located in the forest area. If a tributary of Ganga in Uttarkashi is getting polluted, then how will Ganga be pollution free in the plains? When we opposed to that, they started dumping waste in the forest area and in the Ganga tributary.”An Uttarkashi-based activist, Dwarika Semwal, said that the lack of facilities is directly polluting the Ganga. Earlier, the civic workers used to burn the garbage in the name of disposal. On the other hand, Uttarkashi town generates around 4-5 tonne of garbage on a daily basis..