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Mendhar Bus stand turns 'stinky & inconvenient', courtesy RDD 12/3/2015 12:29:03 AM Early Times Report Poonch, Dec 2: The residents of Mendhar have accused the Rural Development Department (RDD) Mendhar authorities of turning the Bus Stand into a dumping garbage site - stinky place. According to locals including traders, the RDD authorities virtually have Mendhar Bus Stand as garbage dumping site. "The Rural Development Department Mendhar," local alleged, "have not installed dustbins on the road sides, leading to accumulation of garbage in the Bus Stand while Municipal authorities too are acting as mute spectator to all this." "The staff of RDD Mendhar collects garbage from various areas of the Mendhar Bazar and dumps the same at bus stand and it has become their daily routine now. Local social activist and writer Rameez Raja said that the garbage scattered in and around is posing health hazards to the health of visitors to the bus stand particularly to Old and children He said, "The garbage stinks so much so that the pedestrians are forced to cover their nose to avoid stink." Another local complained that sometimes they (RDD Mendhar staffers) burn garbage in the bus stand, causing air pollution. Locals have raised the matter with the concerned officials many times and even had submitted representations to various quarters but no action has been taken in this regard. The people also complained about lack of drainage system and lavatory facilities inside the bus stand which is real inconvenience to women travelers. "We pay Rs 20 as entry fee daily, but the authorities have failed to provide us basic facilities," the transporter said. "Just few drops of rain create hue and cry in the bus stand as it turns into a cesspool," he added. A top official of the RDD Mendhar said, "I have recently resumed the charge. But I have taken up this issue with the officials concerned, and soon things would be sorted out.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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