- Community center site turned into garbage dump
RawalTown has deteriorated into a filth depot due to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) employed sanitation staff’s negligence.
The town’s residents complained of overgrown grass around their streets and neighbourhood, and ineffective drain pipes which have been choked by garbage and shopping bags thrown in them.
A large plot allocated for a community center in the middle of the town is currently being used as a garbage dumping place.
Residents said that most of the CDA’s sanitation staff was privately employed in cleaning gutters, kitchens and bathrooms in houses, as this was far more profitable for them. They were drastically neglecting performing their official duties.
On Monday, boys from a street were found cutting overgrown grass and shrubs in their respective neighbourhood. They informed that they were left with no other option, as the CDA was not performing its duties despite complaints from RawalTown residents.
The residents said that they paid Rs 200 million annually in taxes but still stood deprived of basic amenities.
The residents demanded CDA to take measures to improve the sanitation staff’s performance, else they would be forced to hold protest rallies.
