Dadu Majra residents use event to raise stink issue

  • | Friday | 22nd June, 2018

One of the residents said nobody could walk or perform yoga at the dumping ground where stink emanates from the garbage dumps. Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, June 21Residents of the Dadu Majra have performed yoga asanas by wearing masks on the local dumping ground to mark a protest against the authorities concerned over the issue of the shifting of the dumping ground. The residents adopted a unique way of protest after they failed to get any solution to the issues they had been facing due to the dumping ground. They said it was their way to raise their voice before the leaders and the Municipal Corporation authorities. They said political leaders visit the area during elections and promise to solve the issue but to no avail.

Chandigarh, June 21 Residents of the Dadu Majra have performed yoga asanas by wearing masks on the local dumping ground to mark a protest against the authorities concerned over the issue of the shifting of the dumping ground. The residents adopted a unique way of protest after they failed to get any solution to the issues they had been facing due to the dumping ground. The protest was organised under the banner of the joint action committee. Residents of Sector 38 also joined the protest. President of the Resident Welfare Association Kuldeep, Congress leader Yadvindra Mehta, Harjeet Singh, Jeev Raj and Sunder were among those who participated in the protest. They said political leaders visit the area during elections and promise to solve the issue but to no avail. One of the residents said nobody could walk or perform yoga at the dumping ground where stink emanates from the garbage dumps. They said it was their way to raise their voice before the leaders and the Municipal Corporation authorities.

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