Fire at garbage dumping yard in Dharwad finally doused

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Mayor Jyoti Patil and Deputy Mayor Santosh Chauhan and different   councillors visiting the garbage dumping gait   astatine  Hosayallapur successful  Dharwad connected  Thursday.

Mayor Jyoti Patil and Deputy Mayor Santosh Chauhan and different councillors visiting the garbage dumping gait astatine Hosayallapur successful Dharwad connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The smog that troubled residents of assorted localities of Dharwad for the past 4 days was yet brought nether power connected Thursday bringing immoderate respite to them. Consequently, aerial prime besides improved by evening.

The occurrence astatine the garbage dumping gait of Hosayallapur successful Dharwad was reportedly owed to chemic absorption triggered by the summertime heat. And, fume emanating from the gait engulfed assorted residential localities successful the city.

As the smog continued for 4 days, the residents staged protests, blocked roads and garbage vehicles demanding contiguous enactment from civic authorities to code the issue.

Subsequently, the municipal unit on with Fire and Emergency Services unit managed to incorporate the blaze aft days of vigorous efforts. It was astatine noon connected Thursday that the occurrence was wholly doused.

Later successful the day, Mayor Jyoti Patil, Deputy Mayor Santosh Chauhan, Floor Leader Iresh Anchatgeri and municipal Commissioner Rudresh Ghali visited the landfill tract and reviewed the situation.

Mr. Iresh Anchatgeri said that the combined and coordinated efforts by the municipal unit and occurrence brigade unit helped bring the concern nether control.

The Mayor and the Deputy Mayor assured the residents that strict measures volition beryllium taken to forestall recurrence of specified incidents successful the future.

Steps volition besides beryllium taken to guarantee due segregation of bedewed and adust discarded astatine source.

It whitethorn beryllium recalled that due to the fact that of the agitation by residents and blocking of vehicles, door-to-door garbage postulation successful Dharwad was severely affected.

Published - March 12, 2026 09:40 p.m. IST

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