Sanitation issue in Sector 22 continues to raise a stink

However when the project was started the garbage collectors went on strike stating that they would lose their livelihood if the project was extended to all sectors. Following the protests the project was scrapped.

S K Shingari,president of Resident Welfare Association,Sector 22-B said the project should not have been discontinued. “There was at least some check over the garbage collectors under the project. At present they charge what they like and no one has a control over that. The collectors are also irregular and take an off whenever they wish. Garbage heaps can again be seen near SSKs,” said Shingari.

As per the present system the garbage collectors collect garbage and dump it into trolleys. Residents have been complaining that collectors often dump garbage at some points and these are later collected by trolleys. There is no way to ensure that residents hand over garbage to collectors instead of dumping it themselves.

J S Uppal,the president of Resident Welfare Association,Sector 22-C said if the pilot project would have been allowed to function for some time then the merits and demerits would have been clear. It has been abruptly stopped after the protests.