UK: "We would love to assist" in local area cleanup, offers Ahmadi volunteer | Letter - S. Baqi

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Team work by local residents will not only help the environment, but also build a strong bond within the community and send the strongest possible warning to fly-tippers.

Residents in Caldicot are angry that disused former railway land near
Garthalan Drive  where people used to walk their dogs has become a
dumping ground for fly-tippers. (Photo South Wales Argus)

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | UK Desk
Source/Credit: South Wales Argus
By S. Baqi | March 4, 2015

I felt very sorry for the residents living near the former railway land of Garthalan Drive when I read and saw the pictures in the February 26 edition of the South Wales Argus. According to residents this once-beautiful area is now an environmental disaster.

Though I really appreciate that a number of politicians have shown sympathy, including an MP who visited the area and there is a hope that the local authority will soon take some concrete steps to ease the situation, I was quite surprised that there is no indication that residents have formed a volunteer action group where they can get their hands dirty and get the area tidy themselves instead of, what could be, a long wait for council or politicians to address the issue.

Team work by local residents will not only help the environment, but also build a strong bond within the community and send the strongest possible warning to fly-tippers. As a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, we are already assisting a dozen local charities and organisations, so we would love to assist the local residents of this area too.

Let’s arrange a short meeting and a clean-up session and make a resolution for our next generation, that if another disaster such as flood or a snow storm hits, we will not wait for our local authority or politicians to come out and help. Please contact us on 01633 508308 or info.newport@ahmadiyyauk.org

S. Baqi, Ahmadiyya Muslim Association


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