VASCO: Garbage strewn near the Vasco chicken market is posing a health hazard.
Continuous rain on Saturday did not help matters, making it difficult for buyers to access the road.
Chicken shop owner Abid Bepari said, “We are fed up knocking on the doors of the municipality.
People avoid coming to the market and doubt the quality of our product because of the mess in front of our shops.
Nobody seems to be serious about hygiene.” Aarti Naik, a senior citizen who stays near the chicken market at Khariawada, expressed concerns of the spread of dengue and malaria.
She said, “We have been fighting dengue cases and deaths before Covid-19 and it looks like we might have a rise in number these cases along with pandemic.” Councillor of ward no.
13 Shammi Salkar said, “I have requested the labourers who lift garbage to clean this area on a daily basis.
The problem is that this area is a collection point of my ward.
The garbage collector dumps the garbage at the point but the vehicles do not lift it daily.” Chicken shop owners said that the garbage collection contractor is supposed to store the waste in a special shed till it is lifted.
But since, this is not happening, stray cattle, dogs and rain scatter the waste further.