The BMC planned the closure of the ground more than a decade after the Smoke Affected Residents Forum (SARF) moved court against the BMC for not curbing the menace of the dumping ground.
When the BMC failed to comply with the court's directives, SARF, in 2008, filed a contempt case against the civic chief, calling the dumping ground's continued existence a violation of human rights.
The Deonar dumping ground singly accommodates the entire waste of Mumbai and has already exceeded its limit, especially after two other dumping grounds were recently shut down also for being overburdened.
A stunning 8000 tonnes of waste is brought to the Deonar dumping ground everyday — that's the entire volume of waste that Mumbai generates in a day.
Dr Neelam Rane who is also a resident at Chembur says, "It's been 13 long years and the BMC have not followed its affidavit, they have done nothing."
Dr. Kumar Doshi ENT specialist who reside in Garodia Nagar and practices in Ghatkopar says that " cases of Asthma, Bronchitis, COPD has seen such an upsurge that even the text books of medicines don't show such a rapid rise, we are seeing so many cases, and now we are seeing fatalities, every winter if you just see the BMC dead registry and you will see more and more deaths due to respiratory causes".
Watch the 2008 NDTV news clip on the protests by the SARF to shut the dumping ground.
Both the bureaucrats and elected representatives are responsible for playing with citizens’ lives , the recently elected MP Sanjay Dina Patil had promised that he will ensure the timely and systematic closure of the site, but like all election gimmicks nothing much has been achieved.
We the residents of Chembur , Ghatkopar & those effected area are to be blamed more for this mess, as Dr. Sandeep Rane says " the residents want to suffer, dont' want to take action or come together for the cause, all they do is talk in some hushed manner & go home".
Honestly this is the fact, residents have to unite & stand up against the BMC & government. Take the case of two other dumping grounds at Malad and Gorai that were shut down 3 years ago long after exceeding their capacity and after some strong protests from the residents there.
The TOXIC fumes are slowly killing the new born, i personally know 3 kids who are suffering from sever asthma and many more residents from respiratory problems.
Request all the residents to come together to fight this menace and also help by practising proper Dry Wet garbage disposal methods.
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