The Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha has decided not to remove garbage from the roadsides under its purview during the dengue eradication month which started on June 25, as the authorities had issued a circular prohibiting the transportation of garbage in state owned vehicles during this month.

Responding a question by Daily Mirror as to what the people should do with their garbage during that period, Wattala Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Thiyagaratna de Alwis said he could not offer any suggestions regarding this.

He said that the Pradeshiya Sabha would not engage in the disposal of garbage until the end of the dengue eradication month as he did not wish to be penalised for violating a government order.

He explained that all the vehicles used by the Pradeshiya Sabha for the removal of garbage belonged to the state and, consequently, he could not transport garbage in any of them during the dengue eradication month on account of the circular.

Garbage is seen strewn along almost all the roads and byroads in Wattala as the Pradeshiya Sabha has not removed any since June 25. (Vineetha M. Gamage)