Land documents, NoCs needed: Hamlet
SHILLONG: While many localities have opposed the move of the State Government to construct sanitary landfills in their localities, two to three parties have come forward and offered the State Government with their land for development of new sanitary landfill site.
Urban Affairs Minister, Hamlet Dohling on Wednesday said that the Government has now decided to adopt a new strategy to select the land for the landfill site since there have been occasions when people opposed the project after finalising the matter.
He said that people who offer their land for the development of the landfill site should come with proper land documents, No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Dorbar Shnong of the concerned village and also of the adjoining villages where the landfill site will be set up. “We will not entertain any parties who do not have the valid land documents and the NOCs. We have decided not to pursue on the site which had been selected earlier if there has been any kind of opposition. We do not want to waste any time since the life span of the landfill site at Marten in Mawlai Mawiong is almost over. We will allot the project to land owners or villages who are offering the land on first come first serve basis,” he said.
When asked that people are opposing the project after seeing the condition of Marten, Dohling said that he would like to assure that the new landfill site will not become another Marten.
He however added that with the adoption of new technology, the garbage dumped will be converted.
”The solid waste is a source of renewable energy for power generation. The production of renewable energy can become a major source of renewable energy production in the new landfill site,” Dohling stated.
It may be mentioned that the demand to shift the landfill from Marten has been a long pending one since it is reaching a saturation state keeping in mind that it was in use right from 1938.
Recently, the Poor People’s Movement (PPM) along with the Seng Longkmie of Umlaitteng village had strongly opposed to the proposal of the State Government to shift the Marten dumping ground at Mawlai Mawiong to Ri-Bhoi district.
