Although Vadodara ranks high in the clean city list of India, it is not doing well as heaps of garbage are gathering up in some parts of the city.

The heaps of garbage lying unattended on prominent industrial units and education institutes in Waghodiya and nearby areas would leave visitors with a very pathetic impression of the city’s hygiene standards.

And what’s more, the collection has been rotting there for several months now, raising a stink on the authorities’ apathy towards these areas. The area is outside the Vadodara city limits and hence there is no system of garbage disposal.

Till Waghodiya, several units of prominent industrial houses exist along with the Parul University and Sumandeep Vidyapith campuses. From employees and workers of the units to their top bosses, students, teachers, and important visitors — all use the road.

“The situation is really bad. In monsoon, these garbage bags thrown on a stretch of about 100 meters will start raising a stink. I have been raising the issue with various officials and functionaries for the last few days. There is no action yet,” said Jasmine Devalia, an employee of a prominent unit in the area.

While Devalia may have taken the onus of raising the issue, he is not the only one who finds the sight an eyesore. A prominent functionary of an industrial body in the area said that he had also noticed the garbage since about a year. “There may not be any system of garbage disposal in the area,” he said, requesting anonymity.

It is, however, surprising that no one has taken up the issue actively so far. Devalia said that the area on the either side of the stretch of the road where garbage was strewn fell in different village panchayats.

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