Kolhapur: The decreasing water level of Panchaganaga river from the flood-affected areas has left behind a thick layer of sludge coupled with pungent odour.
Though the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has deployed sanitation staff to clean the areas, the odour continues to trouble the residents. People are now worried that it would lead to breeding of mosquitoes which eventually will add to spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria.
Prajwal Chandur, a resident of Nagala Park near Mahaveer Garden, said, “Areas around Jayanti nullah were in flood waters for 10 days, and this has resulted in decaying of garbage and plants.”
He added, “All the residents here are living with an unpleasant odour from the last week, and no big measures has been undertaken by the KMC.”
Meanwhile, on behalf of KMC, a cleanliness campaign is being carried out in the flood-affected areas where cleaning and spraying are being done on war footing.
Over 100 tonnes of slurry have been removed till now along with 40 tonnes of floating waste. More than 300 workers from the sanitation and health departments have been deployed for this post-flood cleaning campaign.
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