Society demands shifting of Mohali Dumping Yard
Advocate Satwant Singh Rangi (left) Mohali: The Residents Welfare Society (RWS) of Punjab Small Industries & Export Corporation (PSIEC) Housing Complex, Mohali has reiterated its demand of shifting the dumping ground from Sector 74, industrial area, Mohali to village Samgauli, near Dera Bassi, as was already assured by the state government. The dumping yard has been causing trouble to the people of residential as well as industrial area, because the foul smell, mosquitoes, flies and the hazardous medical waste pose a serious danger to the health of the residents and the employees alike. Sardar Baldev Singh, ex-president, RWS said, “We first raised the issue in the court on 19 April, 2006 and pursued it with political leaders, officials and legal experts, but to no avail. The dumping yard is still in the centre of SAS Nagar. Our legal counsel Satwant Singh Rangi has been looking after the matter since then. On the assurance of the Principal Secretary (D...