Chandigarh, March 23
Residents have written to the MC Commissioner requesting him to cease the development of compost pit in a inexperienced belt in Sector 21 right here.
The letter signed by 34 residents identified that the compost pit was being constructed adjoining to the homes and feared that the foul odor, which is able to emanate from it, would make their lives tough.
Additionally they claimed that the pit would occupy a big space of the inexperienced belt which in any other case was being utilized by kids and senior residents.
“The compost pit is being constructed adjoining to the again wall of my home. It’s going to result in foul odor and make our life robust. It’s inhuman. The pit must be inbuilt parks not in inexperienced belts,” mentioned Vibha Pandey, a Sector 21 resident.
The residents mentioned the work was stopped after the criticism however insisted that the pit must be faraway from the inexperienced belt. — TPR