Municipality wastes killing off Titas, Buri rivers

Rampant dumping of local waste by the cleaners of the Nabinagar municipality in Titas river is slowly killing it off alongside the tributary Buri river.

Locals said the rivers are victims of pollution due to waste dumping and despite their protests, garbage is still being thrown into the Titas river.

Upon visiting the location, UNB correspondent witnessed that wastes are being dumped in the Titas and Buri rivers using municipality vehicles. The rivers are being filled up due to the dumping. New illegal establishments are being built around the river banks.

To take more possession of the Titas river near the Majhikara bridge, all the wastes of the area are being dumped along the river banks every day in Ward five.

Nabinagar municipality mayor Shiv Shankar Das said the river is far away from the place where the corporation is dumping the garbage. "Since we don't have a designated dumping zone in the municipality, we are dumping waste in a tin-fenced secluded zone near the Majhikara bridge."

According to locals, illegal structures are being set up along the banks of the river and the existence of the river is on the verge of extinction due to pollution and influential people of the area.