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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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LANDLORDS could be "publicly shamed" after a street clean-up in Normanton found piles of rubbish stored round the backs of houses.

Derby City Council sent more than 30 staff to spend a day clearing rubbish from three streets on Monday.

  1. Top, from left, Kelvin Jones and Lyndon Miller taking items away. Paul King is pictured removing graffiti; cleaning the  gulleys are Simon Birbeck, left, and Chris Greenall; above, some of  the waste that had been left out for collection.

They collected hundreds of bags of waste and filled trucks with old furniture.

But they also found some homes with huge amounts of waste piled high in back gardens.

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Councillors Hardyal Dhindsa, Jangir Khan and Balbir Sandhu helped organise the clean-up but Mr Dhindsa said such a level of cleaning could not be maintained by the authority.

He said: "We can't do this every week. We're doing it in these streets because these are the streets people have told us are the worst.

"We want to get people out of their homes today and educate them to do this for themselves.

"A lot of these people have come here from other countries and don't know about the waste system in the city.

"So we have the staff talking to people and transforming the street, getting it totally rid of waste."

From 8am, the three streets filled with council staff wearing fluorescent jackets.

Over the course of the morning, they knocked on doors, worked with residents and filled bag after bag with litter, taking away heavy furniture, broken appliances and machinery in trucks.

Musarrat Taj, of Goodale Street, said her neighbour had rubbish piled in the back garden.

She said: "It's been like it for months. I don't know the people who live there but it smells very bad and leaks water into my garden.

"I am so pleased to see the council doing something. It makes a real difference to the way the street feels."

Mr Dhindsa said: "We will look to find out who these landlords are and publicly shame them for letting the properties get like this.

"We are fully supportive of the Derby Telegraph's Clean Up Derby campaign and will continue to work to clean the city."

The campaign has helped to get parts of Friar Gate, Alvaston, Sunny Hill and Nightingale Road cleaned up so far.

Anyone who notices an untidy area can call us on 01332 253053 or can e-mail Ella Rhodes at ella.rhodes@ derbytelegraph.co.uk.

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  • Profile image for Karen17

    by Karen17

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 5:06PM

    “I live in Normanton and agree with many of the comments made on here. Why should the rest of the City be paying to clear up after what is basically lazy residents and landlords. This kind of thing has been done many times before in fact a couple of streets near me had a deep clean in recent months where residents were advised about disposal of waste etc. it looked great for a couple of days then lo and behold the fly tipping was back. The council have spent quite a lot of money trying to educate people in particular the new and emerging communities and I have yet to see that it has made a difference. Councillor Dhindsa is in the paper again appearing to be doing something but there is a neighbourhood forum on thursday and as usual just before hand the streets etc are being cleaned! what about the rest of the year?”

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    by charlllpop

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 3:53PM

    “I like Mr Dhindsa, he seems dead proactive and willing to get stuck in. He pops up on here a lot too so he seems like one of us, which is how our councillors should be.

    Much better than that crazy bag lady Lucy Care.”

  • Profile image for PETEZDON

    by PETEZDON

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:14PM

    “There are to many dirty streets in Normanton.
    To many occupied houses that are over crowed and the wheel y bins are not enough to do the job properly. furthermore the bin men should also take account for some of the rubbish that is strewn all over the street and the local street pride service should provide more bins on corners and make sure that the ones who do the street cleaning do there jobs.
    Drains or not cleaned out anymore and there is weeds growing on pavements.
    whats there to be proud off in the area. the extra increase from council taxes should be sufficient to deal with the matter.”

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    by PETEZDON

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:13PM

    “There are to many dirty streets in Normanton.
    To many occupied houses that are over crowed and the wheel y bins are not enough to do the job properly. furthermore the bin men should also take account for some of the rubbish that is strewn all over the street and the local street pride service should provide more bins on corners and make sure that the ones who do the street cleaning do there jobs.
    Drains or not cleaned out anymore and there is weeds growing on pavements.
    whats there to be proud off in the area. the extra increase from council taxes should be sufficient to deal with the matter.”

  • Profile image for PETEZDON

    by PETEZDON

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:12PM

    “There are to many dirty streets in Normanton.
    To many occupied houses that are over crowed and the wheel y bins are not enough to do the job properly. furthermore the bin men should also take account for some of the rubbish that is strewn all over the street and the local street pride service should provide more bins on corners and make sure that the ones who do the street cleaning do there jobs.
    Drains or not cleaned out anymore and there is weeds growing on pavements.
    whats there to be proud off in the area. the extra increase from council taxes should be sufficient to deal with the matter.”

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    by DerbyBorn

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:12PM

    “PETEZDON - I wonder if there is also a problem of out buildings being occupied by tennants. One council had a helicopter with a heat detection system fly over to identify sheds that were being lived in.

    I recall when neigbours who shared a common entry to the rear gardens used to vie with each other to be the one who kept it the cleanest. Normanton has changed!”

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    by DerbyBorn

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:11PM

    “PETEZDON - I wonder if there is also a problem of out buildings being occupied by tennants. One council had a helicopter with a heat detection system fly over to identify sheds that were being lived in.

    I recall when neigbours who shared a common entry to the rear gardens used to vie with each other to be the one who kept it the cleanest. Normanton has changed!”

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    by PETEZDON

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:00PM

    “I would like to know exactly how many immigrants are living in a square mile in the normanton area.
    How many are unemployed living in overcrowded house that's against the law.
    Whats is it costing the local authorities on a weekly basis.
    Normanton is becoming a dirty place to live in.
    Slums are being created within this country. if you come from a country with nothing but hope.
    when one arrives in Britain the hope that you have is a little more than what you previously had.
    free money a house. grants being given for you to set up a small business like a car-wash or a shop. Whats the statistics on crime in normanton over the past ten years.
    Do you really think that People really care about the rubbish that is around in normanton.
    And furthermore looking at the rubbish that the bin men take a way fortnightly.
    The bins are inadequate for some of the house holds.
    if there are which i know there is some houses that occupies up to ten people how much food waste and other waste is going to be produced.
    the side street does not comply for the modern wheel y bin nor the houses for the occupants.
    The bin men leaves a mess up and down most streets on bin day. a council official should appoint some one to follow various bin men throughout derby and see first hand what is what.
    Provide more bins that cost yet more money. like other services that are stretched already. and we will keep paying more council taxes to compensate for the mess.
    I am up for that are you ?”

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    by janine2011

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 12:04PM

    “Some years ago every house on Dairyhouse Road and other streets were given a new roof, new windows and a brick wall with a gate under the regeneration scheme. What happened? Many houseowners tore down the new walls to park their car under the window. The houses look like slums again. What a waste of money in the first place. What makes me laugh about the councillors of the Arboretum ward falling over themselves to clean up Normanton is they forget their ward covers all the way down to the bottom of Gerard Street, we never see any of them this end. We get no help from them at all. When we ring them if we get an answer at all every one of them tell us it conflict of interest, we can't help. So what use are they to those of us who live further away than the top of Normanton Road?”

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    by pigglet1

    Tuesday, March 19 2013, 10:21AM

    “@http_404

    I couldn't care less that this is part of a scheme that for once included other parts of the city, the truth is normanton has been receiving these 'schemes' for years and at our expense.”

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