Delhi: Fire in garbage heap polluting the air in Patparganj

Fire in a garbage heap kept poisoning the air in Patparganj area for hours on Tuesday. The garbage was thrown by the locals in a sewer channel passing through the area. "Despite the Municipal Corporation office being situated near the channel, the body paid no heed to it and does so only when the fire was too raging," said the passers-by.

New Delhi: A fire which broke out in a garbage heap, lodged in a sewer channel, near Sai temple at Patparganj's industrial area, was left unattended for hours, causing a horde of problems to the locals.

Though, the smoke kept polluting the air for hours, none of the concerned government agencies paid heed to the issue.

The indifference to the incident was not surprising to the residents, as it was in the vicinity of East Delhi's Municipal Corporation head office, and it was a regular recurrence in the area.

The sewer channel, which originates from the Irrigation Department, running through the Patparganj industrial area, is packed to the brim with the garbage thrown in by the people.

According to the passers-by, the heap often catches fire and 'nobody bothers to put it off', including the Municipal Corporation.

"The Corporation reacts only when the fire becomes too raging, but the occasional fires keep poisoning the air," they added.

However, this particular case is attributed to the mistakes, committed by both: people and the government agencies, as the former keep dumping the waste into the sewer, while the latter neglect the same.