Residents have appealed to the Udhagamandalam Municipality Commissioner (UMC) to act against guest houses and residences that illegally dump waste along the Ooty Lake.
Residents state that a number of guest houses that are operating in the area dump waste along the Deer Park road and in reserve forests surrounding Fern Hill. “Many residents continue to dump waste in the open, despite door-to-door collection improving over the last few months. These people are dumping the waste inside reserve forests as it is an isolated stretch of road with very little usage by the public,” said R. Lakshmi, a resident of Avalanche Road.
