MALDA, 28 OCT: Owing to a fund crunch the Old Malda Municipality (OMM) could not acquire a plot of land for implementing the garbage and waste management programme following the norms of the pollution control board.
However, the environment department had allotted a fund of Rs 50 lakh for implementing the solid waste management programme in OMM.
“It is very difficult for us as well as the other civic bodies to follow the guidelines of the pollution control board for garbage management as we do not have enough fund,” said Mr Biswanath Sukul, chairman of the OMM.
He also disclosed that owing to such a fund crunch the civic body could not take up a land from the government on lease either.
“At least Rs 16 lakh will be required to get a land from the government,” he added.
However, the OMM had selected a land measuring nearly 6.5 acre near Nawabganj and with the help of the administration it had evicted encroachers from the land. But finally it could not take possession of the land from the government due to the non-availability of huge funds required for the purpose.
“We have approached the government to hand over the land with minimum charges. A negotiation is going on but nothing has been finalised yet,” the chairman said.
It was reported that the OMM had no specific area where the garbage would be disposed. “Though we do not have a particular garbage dumping ground but we dispose it in suitable places not disturbing the local people,” said Mr Sukul, chairman of the OMM. ; SNS
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