STC to restore waste management service soon
Source: Chronicle News Service / R Lester Makang
Ukhrul, June 28 2023:
For quite some time, the residents of Ukhrul have been deeply concerned about the state of the town's rubbish.
Piles of foul smelling garbage could be seen accumulating on the roadside at several points of the main town areas including Ava Market.
The erstwhile dumping site managed by the Small Town Committee (STC) under the Autonomous District Council (ADC), Ukhrul at Hungpung village had reportedly meed severe objection from owners of adjoining paddy fields owing to bad smell emanating from the garbage disposal site.
Subsequently, left with no other options, STC temporarily put garbage collection in town areas on hold.
"We had stopped collecting and disposing of garbage since May 5 while we were looking for another landfill," said an STC official source on Wednesday.
The official further stated that the STC has finally decided to act on the issue and are in the process of shifting the existing garbage dumping site to a new location in Hunphun village, about 5 km away from the main town.
"To facilitate this, we have started constructing a road to connect the new dump site to the town.
We expect the new site to be ready bv the end of next week," the source confided.
The source promised to restore garbage manage ment services in the town as soon as the new site is operational.
Ukhrul is a fast growing township which has continued to witness the environmental and health hazards caused by the overflowing commercial and domestic waste and in dire of a facelift at the soonest.