Indiscriminate dumping of waste generated by Bangalore has now acquired menacing proportions. Mavallipura in Yelahanka hobli, on city outskirts, where 600 of the 3,500 tonnes generated daily by the city, has already reported a death in this connection.
Fifteen-year-old Akshay Kumar from Mavallipura died of dengue on July 23. Residents of the village as well as a swanky apartment complex in Mavallipura blamed the dumping of waste for the boy’s death.
A report, Bangalore’s Toxic legacy: Investigating Mavallipura’s illegal landfills, brought out by the Environment Support Group, has blamed the unscientific and illegal dumping of waste for the mess the village has landed in.
Leo Saldanha, Environment Support Group, told mediapersons,
“The report depicts that the landfill is not legal and scientific.”
Extensive analyses of water quality in the areas surrounding proved that “toxic leachates from the landfill polluted the nearby water sources.
Over 2,000 people live in the vicinity of Mavallipura.
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