Aurangabad: Civic officials and office-bearers have urged citizens to exercise due caution so that health concerns do not arise in the city in the aftermath of the garbage piling up at different points.For the past six days, garbage vans have been parked on the Central Naka premises after Naregaon villagers refused to allow Aurangabad waste to be dumped in their backyard.With about 400 tonnes of garbage piled up in the city for six days, the authorities have urged residents to take few precautionary measures to avoid any health issues on account of the waste not being lifted.Sources in the civic body said that all the office-bearers, including mayor Nandu Ghodele, opposition leader Feroz Khan, municipal commissioner D M Muglikar and health officer Nita Padalkar, have urged people to cooperate with the administration as garbage could not be lifted from different parts of the city for the last several days.Officials have urged residents not to allow their children to play near the garbage bins and asked them to sort out garbage generated at homes. They have requested the citizens not to dispose of garbage on roads.The health officer has advised residents to maintain personal cleanliness, use masks to protect themselves from the foul smell emanating from the waste, avoid eating goods available in the open, cover food at homes and immediately approach a doctor if they feel nausea, breathing problems.Sources said that Ghodele and Muglikar had on Tuesday urged corporators to look out for open space in their respective wards to dispose of the solid waste being generated there. With strong opposition from the residents of Naregaon and surrounding villages, almost all the trucks carrying garbage were parked on the Central Naka premises for the last six days.

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