Minister K.T. Rama Rao assured the people of Jawaharnagar that two more dump yards were identified to shift the garbage in the future.
KTR along with Minister Mallreddy today inaugurated a leachate (liquid waste) treatment plant in the Jawaharnagar dump yard today.
He said that this is to ensure that Jawaharnagar and its adjoining localities do not have any water pollution.
The GHMC has divided the purification works of the nearby Malkaram Cheruvu into three phases. Around 5.7 acres of the water body was purified in the first phase. The process of purifying the legacy waste is underway.
Malkaram Cheruvu was polluted with wastewater because of the leachate which gathered at the Jawaharnagar dump yard. Some water bodies in the surrounding localities too got polluted when the contaminated water overflowed.
A mobile RO system of 2000 kilolitres per day capacity was started in 2017 as a temporary measure. The capacity was subsequently increased to 4000 kilolitres. Besides this, the purification of water in Malkaram Cheruvu was also taken up.
He assured that the quantity of inflow of the Garbage to this area will be reduced considerably. He has given away some land pattas to the local residents.