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Tension prevailed astatine Thalavaipatti Panchayat nether the Salem Panchayat Union connected Wednesday (January 28, 2026) aft residents besieged 2 panchayat garbage vehicles successful protestation against dumping of discarded successful Eri Colony area.
More than 100 families reside successful Eri Colony, which is located adjacent to a Government Higher Secondary School. Residents alleged that garbage collected from 4 adjacent panchayats, including aesculapian and poultry waste, is dumped successful the area, turning it into an unfastened dump yard.
The dumping has led to stench, making it hard for residents to unrecorded successful the locality. The residents are besides acrophobic implicit dispersed of diseases. School students passing done the country are reportedly forced to screen their noses owed to the foul smell. Residents claimed that repeated complaints to the authorities had yielded nary results. Angered by the continued inaction, the nationalist detained 2 garbage vehicles that arrived to dump discarded successful the area.
Salem Panchayat Union Zonal Assistant Block Development Officer Gomathi and Steel Plant constabulary presumption sub-inspectors Kumaran and Raja went to the spot and held talks with the residents. A heated statement ensued betwixt the officials and the public. The officials aboriginal assured the residents that due enactment would beryllium taken to code the issue, pursuing which the protesters dispersed. The incidental caused little hostility successful the locality.
