12 injured in police-mob clash over garbage dumping

Atleast 12 people were injured in a clash between the Odisha police and villagers at Daruthenga on outskirts of the capital here today over dumping of garbage by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
"Around 300-400 agitators pelted stones in which some policemen were injured. Tear gas and rubber bullets were fired to disperse the mob which was getting violent. The situation is now under control. A discussion was held with the villagers and dumping of garbage will continue for the time being," DCP Satyabrata Bhoi said.
Though the BMC had stopped dumping garbage at the yard located at Daruthenga village due to protest from villagers till yesterday, it took help of the police to upload the pilling waste baskets in the state capital.

The situation turned violent in the morning when the BMC deployed police to dump the garbage at the demarcated place at Daruthenga village even as locals started blocking road by burning tyres and police reinforcements had to be called.
BMC Commissioner Kishan Kumar, DCP Bhoi and senior BDA officials were presently at the spot.
The BMC with help of police had yesterday uploaded 106 truckloads of garbage.
The BMC stated that the government has already decided to relocate the garbage dumping yard from Daruthenga to Tulsadeipur and relocation of the dumping yards would be done within a month.
The administration deployed as many as 18 companies of force in view of the prevailing situation.