Solid waste management or the absence of it in Dibrugarh town, considered one of the fastest growing industrial towns of Assam, remains a worrying issue. There is no formal door to door garbage collection system in the town. Neither are wastes segregated at source. Waste disposed off by people in roadside bins or enclosures are collected in trailers by a few tractors and dumped in the open on the bank of River Brahmaputra at Maijan Road. The garbage is neither treated nor processed. Likewise with bio–medical, industrial and hazardous wastes that go into the dump. The dump that lies over a part of town protection dyke has become the home of rodents, which have burrowed into the structure that is supposed to keep the town safe from the waters of River Brahmaputra. Leachate generated from the disposal site flows into the river and percolates into ground water, causing pollution. It led the Assam State Pollution Control Board to issue notice to Dibrugarh Municipal Board (DMB) for immediate closure and rehabilitation of the area. However, the town may soon have a proper garbage disposal system in place if things go according to plan. The district administration acquired land at Thakur Than (Ghoramora Gaon) and handed it over to DMB on August 8 last year for the construction of 100 MT processing plant and 60 MT sanitary landfill site and allied works. The project to be undertaken under Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment Programme is being financed by Asian Development Bank. The government has already paid more than Rs 5 crore to the owner of the landfill, which is a low lying area bounded by a tea estate and Sessa river. The acquired land is about 27 hectares. The project will include procurement of equipment of primary and secondary collection and transportation vehicles. Detailed sub soil investigation and contour survey have already been completed by DMB. According to the Chairman of DMB, Chandrakanta Baruah, the project will generate employment for local youth. The garbage will be sorted and the requisite part turned to organic manure, he added.