Updated On: 01 March, 2018 06:13 PM IST | Aurangabad (Mah) | PTI
The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation finds itself in a fix as villagers of Naregaon, where garbage was being dumped for many years, want the dumping site closed, and alternative site is hard to come by


The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation finds itself in a fix as villagers of Naregaon, where garbage was being dumped for many years, want the dumping site closed, and alternative site is hard to come by. An angry mob today set a garbage truck on fire at Mitmita near Jambla village on the city's outskirts, frustrating the civic body's plan to dump the garbage at a new site in the area.
Garbage collected from the city is dumped near Naregaon for the last three decades, but now the locals are up in arms, saying they want the dumping ground there be closed as it is giving rise of myriad problems including health issues. Dumping of garbage at Naregaon has stopped for the last thirteen days in the face of a fierce opposition by locals, resulting in garbage piling up at several spots in the city.