Waste from slaughterhouse, bad roads affect residents
There are more than 1,500 people living in Khandhal here who are affected either directly or indirectly by the slaughterhouse located in close proximity to their homes.
While the stink from the waste at the slaughterhouse is an inescapable eventuality for most passers-by, the residents living on Bogi Street are especially affected, as the pipes carrying the waste from the facility often ruptures, spilling streams of water tinged with animal blood onto the roads.
K. Krishnamoorthy, a construction worker living in the area, says that the pipes transporting the waste water get clogged every month. “When the pipes clog and the water spills onto the road, the smell is unbearable. Despite our complaints, there has been very little done to address the issue,” he said.
Residents complain that when the pipes do get clogged, panchayat officials simply use a rod to get rid of the blockage, but do little else to ensure that the waste water is managed more effectively.
There is also only one public tap that supplies water for around 50 houses. The residents said that the water reduces to a trickle on most days and that they have to stay up most nights to collect water for use the following day. A. Lakshmi, another resident, said that it took more than an hour for a single pot of water to get filled, due to the weak water flow.
Responding to their complaints, K. Susheela, the local ward councillor belonging to the DMK, said that the issue of managing the waste water from the slaughterhouse had already been resolved, while the roads had not been re-laid as work on the third water supply scheme was being completed.
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