NAVI MUMBAI: For a civic body that claims to be pro-environment, it has come as a surprise for the residents living next to Wonders Park in Nerul that disposal method of green waste is far from eco-friendly.
On Saturday, residents and morning walkers encountered a huge mass of smoke billowing out from the compost pit situated inside the theme park
"The garden staff seem to have burnt the green waste without giving a thought to air pollution. Smoke kept coming out of the pit till late afternoon," said a morning walker Shireen Ketkar.
However, garden department officials insisted there is a proper system in place to dispose green waste. "The policy is to prepare fertilizers out of the green waste. Bigger gardens like Wonders Park have compost pits where waste is dumped and transformed to fertilizer," said the official.
Executive engineer Sanjay Desai said, "Green waste should not have been disposed in this manner, as there is a compost pit in the park. But I will look into it," he said.
The 25-acre theme park was constructed at the cost of Rs 37 crore. An average of 50 kg green waste is collected daily from the garden.
