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Garbage in Diamond Housing Scheme a cause for concern

Dec 09, 2011 Letters

 

 

 

Dear Editor,
I am befuddled at the consistent and inexplicable lengthy delays of garbage disposal in the vicinity of Diamond where I reside; this continues to be a torn in the flesh. Like innumerable others, I too am a resident of the Diamond Housing Scheme.
To be precise, I reside between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Hence, I wish to elucidate an unfavorable situation which has been recurring unabated for months in this area.
We the residents are accustomed to the garbage being collected by the garbage disposal service on Mondays and so we make provisions for this. Residents would usually wheel their bins onto their parapets Monday mornings prior to departure for work, in anticipation that their garbage will be disposed of when they return in the afternoons.
However, to our chagrin and frustration when we return, the garbage bins together with their overflowing contents are still in the untouched positions, maybe, for the exception of cases where rummaging dogs in their quest for a meal would paw, tatter and shred whatever contents are within their reach. And, understandably, this results in garbage -strewn parapet which not only looks very unsightly but also requires a cleanup campaign.
Currently, we are still awaiting the disposal of our garbage but to no avail. To be precise, it has almost been a month now since the garbage has been disposed off. My household is in possession of a solitary bin, which has been well compressed for the above mentioned period to a point where it has become incompressible. These days I have to hang plastic bags of garbage on my grilled fence. The repetition of this situation has become unforgivably repugnant, however I sincerely hope that the relevant personnel can shed some light on this issue and possibly take some favorable actions.
Raul Khan

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