Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 8: Taking serious note of dumping of garbage on Katra-Reasi Road, which is fraught with the danger of causing road accidents and creating health hazards, District Magistrate Reasi, Sushma Chauhan has exercised powers conferred under Section 144 CrPC and issued directions to various agencies for putting an end to this practice.
Official sources said that in the recent past the District Magistrate received numerous reports that garbage was being dumped on left side of Katra-Reasi road hardly 200 meters away from Asia Chowk Katra by various organizations, agencies and private persons.
She also came to know that due to dumping of garbage the width of the road has deceased considerably thereby leading to frequent traffic congestion and there were apprehensions of road accidents at this particular spot. Moreover, this practice was also found to be posing serious threat of epidemic like situation and leading to pollution of Banganga which flows downside the road.
The District Magistrate also noticed that Municipal Committee Katra and other organizations were repeatedly advised to desist from dumping of the garbage at this site but there was no adherence on their part.
Keeping all these aspects in mind, the District Magistrate has exercised the powers conferred under Section 144 CrPC as the practice of dumping of garbage on the Katra-Reasi road causes danger to the human life, health and safety of the general public. She has imposed prohibition on throwing/dumping any sort of garbage on this site with the direction to the Tehsildar Katra and SDPO Katra to keep a watch and immediately report in case of any violation of this order.
“The Municipal Committee Katra shall collect the garbage daily in the morning hours and shift it to the new site at village Kundrorian in closed containers so as to avoid littering of the garbage during the transportation”, reads the order.
Acting swiftly on the directions of the District Magistrate, the Municipal Committee has lifted entire garbage from the Katra-Reasi road near Asia Chowk and sign boards have been installed displaying the prohibition on dumping of the garbage. “With the implementation of the order, the improvement is clearly visible on this spot of the Katra-Reasi road”, sources said.
It is pertinent to mention here that SSP Reasi, Sujit Kumar is personally supervising implementation of District Magistrate’s order.
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