Waste disposal a headache for Smart City!
Mangaluru, June 15: Though it was selected for the Central government’s Smart City Project, it has become a big headache for the city to dispose waste in a systematic way.
The Antony Waste Management was given contract for waste management in the city. As the labourers of the management company have been resorting to protests very often, the people have to face the problem and the city will have stinking smell.
Alleging that they were not given payment, the waste collecting labourers boycotted their work from Thursday and it has continued even on Friday, making the city hell. As a result, entire city is filled with garbage and started stinking. As the stray dogs scattered the waste kept in bags before the houses and shops, the city became unhygienic. With the heavy rains, the situation has become worse in the city.
The labourers said that they would not resume their work till the company cleared their salary. But the City Corporation had clarified that Rs 2.10 dues to be paid to the Antony Waste Management by the corporation was cleared on Thursday afternoon and the waste collection would resume from Friday morning. But till Fridayevening, the workers did not turn up to collect the waste.
This is not the first time that the labourers resort to protest because of the conflict between the city corporation and the company. Same situation was happened during last November and in 2016. But it is the people who suffer from their problem.
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Badlapur accused Akshay Shinde shot dead: Lawyer of minor girls calls it 'killing of justice'
Mumbai (PTI): The gunning down of Badlapur case accused Akshay Shinde on Monday was the "killing of justice", said Asim Sarode, lawyer for the two minor girls he allegedly sexually assaulted.
Shinde was killed near Mumbra Bypass around 6:15pm when he allegedly snatched the gun of a policeman while he was being ferried in a police vehicle as part of a probe into a case registered on the complaint of his former wife.
After he shot and injured an API, another personnel from the escort team fired at him, and he was declared dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.
"While representing the two minor girls, I noticed it was becoming uncomfortable for the local politics of the Thane district and even for the educational institution where Akshay Shinde was working. Shinde's death in such a manner is killing of justice," Sarode told a regional news channel.
"Now, the case of sexual assault of the two minor girls will get sidelined. The case of these two minor girls was becoming difficult for the educational institute, as it is affiliated with a certain political family. Such a practice would lower the confidence of people in police and the judiciary," he claimed.
Sarode said he will be filing a plea before the Bombay High Court demanding thorough inquiry into the firing incident.
"Shinde's case could have brought up certain aspects that would have been negative politically for the government. I wonder how Shinde could access the gun and how he could unlock it when his hands were tied. This is political murder and is absolutely wrong," he said.
