Foul smell from Marten dumping ground affects residents

SHILLONG: Complaints of foul smell emanating from Marten dumping ground at Mawlai Mawiong was again brought to the notice of the Minister in-charge of Shillong Municipal Board, Hamlet Dohling.
Troubled over the complaints from Mawlai residents, including students of having adverse effects on their health, the Mawlai Town Dorbar and Mawlai Social Service Organisation met Dohling on Monday.
Speaking to reporters, Mawlai MDC Teibor Pathaw said Marten dumping ground will reach its full capacity within one year and said the state government should address the situation and come up with a solution immediately.
He informed that the government has plans for a new dumping ground site and the compost plant is also underway.
Tapping unconventional source of energy, the government is also planning to rope in a Korean company to generate power from waste.
As a suggestion, he said the load of marten should be reduced and more sites should be identified, a servicing centre for cleaning and disinfecting the vehicle/lorry before they leave the Marten’s premises, installation of Effluent Treatment Plant, proper disposal of bio-medical waste, corpse and carcass.
Mawlai Outpost and Mawlai by-pass
The same delegation also met Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and urged him to make the police outpost functional prior to the commissioning of Mawlai By-pass.
Pathaw said safety and security along the by-pass has to be maintained which calls for the need to have a police outpost.
When asked, he was informed that the Mawlai by-pass will be commissioned tentatively in the last week of August.
He urged the minister to make operational the Police Outpost at Mawlai Mawkynroh adjacent to NEHU permanent campus.
Interestingly, Pathaw said the Mawlai Police outpost was set up 9 years ago and underwent renovation also but manpower constraints prevented the government from making it functional.