Plumes of thick, dark smoke continued to rise from the Ghazipur landfill site in the national capital on Monday, hours after a major fire broke out there last night.
Several residents living near the landfill complained of breathing difficulties and eye and throat irritation.
A Delhi Fire Services official said that after receiving a call about the fire at 6 pm yesterday, 10 firefighters were pressed to put out the fire.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, who is in Maharashtra today, when asked by reporters about the landfill fire, said, “All MCD officials are working on it. The Fire Department has also been working. The fire will be under control soon.”
A commuter going to the office said: “When I woke up today, the area was not clearly visible. I couldn’t breathe properly. I was coughing continuously. I had irritation in my eyes. Irritation in my throat. The government is doing nothing.”
Expressing concern for the children, he said: “Now tell me where are we going? We have our homes here. We have children and they will get sick. What will be their future? This has become an everyday drama. If I had visited them, at night, “You would have seen a lot of smoke in the area.”
Another local traveler Aakash Kumar said the biggest problem they face is respiratory problem. “We face a lot of problems while going to work. The fire caused a lot of problems here. Senior citizens have problems traveling due to breathing problems… This problem is not being solved. The biggest problem we face is breathing,” said.
A local schoolgirl said: “We had throat irritation and were coughing because of the smoke. This fire caused pollution. Even our house was filled with smoke. Everyone suffers from this.”
Another local who highlighted various health problems said: “We have been facing this problem since the 1990s. We are dealing with diabetes, blood pressure, thyroid and eye irritation. Even small children are suffering because of this… We are having eye irritation. We can’t go out…No one is paying attention to our problems, be it the Delhi government or the central government.”
Nazra, a local resident, spoke of feeling unwell due to the smoke and pollution. “I live here and the smoke causes discomfort in the eyes… We also have difficulty breathing. The entire colony is disturbed. Last time, when the landfill caught fire, there were victims…” she said.
Another local resident demanded the government solve the problem and spoke of breathing difficulties. “We have difficulty breathing because of the smoke caused by the fire. We cannot speak because of the pollution… The fire has been going on since yesterday morning. The administration has done nothing… We want the government to solve the problem.”
Delhi Fire Service SO Naresh Kumar said the fire was caused by gas produced at the landfill.
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