Hyderabad: Jawahar dump yard road accident-prone

Jawaharnagar: Frequent accidents at Jawaharnagar dump yard are happening due to sludge formation on the road. Local residents allege that authorities promised to clean and desilt the road, but no action has been initiated.

Frequent accidents keep occurring on the Dental College – CRPF Road near the dump yard in the early hours. The road is believed to have developed a kind of sludge of leachate and other chemicals oozing out from the adjacent small lake and owing to garbage specks falling from garbage trucks.

Locals have alleged that the Jawaharnagar municipal officials are least bothered to find any alternative solution. This issue has once again come to the fore after several vehicles skidded off in the past few days.

Early on Tuesday, a car and an auto slipped off the road and crashed into heaps of mud adjacent to the road. Over a dozen accidents have been reported in the past weeks. According to locals, two-wheelers plying on the road are losing control and falling due to slippery conditions. They point out that there is no proper treatment plant for cleaning pollutants which are contaminating ground water.

"For the past several days many accidents have been reported, as the road is affected due to leachate and other chemicals emanating from the dumpyard and nearby small lake. Early morning fog is blocking view, contributing to increased accidents. Vehicles carrying garbage to the dumpyard and liquid substance falling from them is spreading on to road," said Hare Krishna, a resident of Jawaharnagar.

"Yesterday morning I witnessed a serious accident at Jawaharnagar dumpyard, as the entire road became slippery due to leachate which is a greasy substance oozing from garbage . Also due to that road is in complete bad condition. There is no proper treatment for it," said B V Seshagiri , a socio-political activist.

"All false promises were made by authorities that a permanent solution would be given, as the area would be decentralised. But no permanent solution is been finalised. Due to this, groundwater is getting contaminated. Foul smell has been emanating from the dumpyard, which has become a nightmare to the locals," said Balaji Thirukkovalluri, a resident of Dammaiguda.