The new year’s celebration in the State’s provisional capital on January 31 also resulted in an increase in the generation of waste. With a large number of people painting the town red on the new year’s eve, there was an increase in the waste to be cleaned on the next day.

The deputy municipal commissioner Rohitash Sharma informed that other than the celebration, more waste is generated with the increase in number of tourists on such occasions.

“The MCD staff definitely collected more garbage than normal from all the houses, restaurants, garbage bins on the next day of the new year’s eve,” he informed.

The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun’s (MCD) work increases on every celebration as more waste is produced than normal days in the city during festivities and celebrations.

“With a large number of people partying and bursting crackers a night before, the generation of garbage automatically increases on the first day of every new year.

Our staff collected many cake boxes and disposable plates in the morning hours of the first day of the new year. Apart from causing noise and air pollution, crackers generate a lot of waste.

Hence we must think about all these problems we are causing to the environment before bursting crackers,” he said. It is pertinent to mention that people of the city and the government are already fighting a battle in terms of waste generation and segregation.

Local residents of Sheeshambada and Thakurpur are protesting against the trenching grounds in their areas, if the situation in the festivals and special occasions doesn’t change soon, it will become even harder for them to achieve their aim.