Rural Sanitation Department & PCB Nowhere visible in Border Areas: BADC; Rural Sanitation Department and PCB invisible’ in Border Areas of Poonch, alleges BADC

GNSONLINE JAMMU

JAMMU NOVEMBER, 14:–Jammu and Kashmir Border Area Development Conference(JK-BADC) a registered organization working for the welfare of residents of border areas of Jammu and Kashmir has expressed its disappointment with the working of the Jammu and Kashmir Rural Sanitation Department and Pollution Control Board and has alleged that these departments are almost invisible in the border areas and especially in remote areas of district Poonch including Mendhar, Balakote and Mankote.

Dr Shazad Ahmed Malik, Chairman of the BADC and former Vice Chancellor said that there are no foot prints of the working of either Rural Sanitation department or J & K Pollution Control Board(PCB) in border areas of district Poonch and there is no scientific way adopted for segregation of the waste and disposal of the solid, liquid and biomedical waste in Poonch, Sub division Mendhar and other two blocks.

He alleged that often people throw waste including solid, liquid and biomedical waste directly into rivers and natural rivulets and pollute the clean water which is absolutely against the environment protection laws and cause risk to the lives of the animals and humans.

Dr Shazad said even in the Mendhar Town right from Bust Stand to nearby areas, heaps of rubbish are lying and no scientific method is adopted there for proper sanitation in the main town wherein a huge population resides. The former VC urged the Divisional Commissioner Jammu and Deputy Commissioner to look into this serious issue concerning the healthq and lives of the residents of the border areas.