THANE: Residents of plush complexes in Thane seem to be in no mood to accept the wet waste disposal orders issued by the Thane municipal corporation (TMC) in big residential societies. Citizens are now meeting the civic commissioner on Friday , seeking a viable option before the plan is enforced from mid-July.Nearly 100 representatives of several housing complexes who met at the Laxminarayan Residency said they are not opposed to dry-wet waste segregation, but are upset with the arbitrary decision of the corporation to thrust waste disposal on them when there is no viable alternative.The residents said that they will make an attempt to convince the civic body to continue collecting the trash as before or will be forced to challenge the move legally.The TMC had given a month’s extension to its initial plan to stop lifting trash from big complexes from June 15, following repeated requests from elected representatives and citizens. However, with the new deadline approaching fast, residents are wary of the huge task lying ahead of them.“None of the societies in Thane are equipped with such kind of resource to handle the disposal of wet waste. The issue needs to be solved before it escalates into a huge problem. Residents would unnecessarily be taxed with additional duty of ensuring disposal of wet waste, despite paying hefty taxes to the administration,” said a resident.Residents said that they were upset with the corporation dumping its responsibility on citizens. A resident questioned that if the TMC collects wet waste from vegetable, fruit, flower and meat markets, then why are society complexes singled out. Referring to the Solid Waste Management Act 2016, the resident said that the TMC cannot force societies to process the wet waste.Meanwhile, residents said that they would meet civic commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal on Friday and hope a viable solution will be chalked out.

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