Parents fury as children forced to walk through stinking 'monstrosity'

Young school children are battling a fly-tip ‘monstrosity’ next to their school in Glasgow, where parents are scared to let children play in a 'dangerous waste land'. Fatima Alashinloye, 11, developed the petition with her classmates after 'hating' the ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrible’ mess they walk past every day next to their school Fatima Aleshinloye and her sister Aisha, 9, surrounded by broken glass, waste refuge, dog bin bags and soiled mattresses Sisters Asiyah, Aisha and Fatima find gas canisters and other drug paraphernalia around their school Parents are scared to let their children play next to their school because 'you don’t know what else is in there' Fatima, who is often joined by her sister Aisha, 9, and Asyah, 6, said she ‘absolutely hated’ having to walk around the ‘really, really disgusting’ waste. William Johnston, 77, said his area had become a ‘dump’ since the Commonwealth Village ‘It's not just an eyesore, but a veritable health hazard,’ the students' petition said Leanne Smith said her granddaughter who is in P3, found a dead cat amongst the ‘mess’ the other week Riverbank Primary School encouraged their pupils to start the petition and have hosted clean up days in the past The students’ petition is asking City Legacy, who own the plot of land, to make a ‘proactive deterrence of illegal dumping, immediate cleanup operations, and renewal efforts for the area’. Primary one pupil Theo Tetmithalis, five, and primary four pupil Ben Tetmithalis, eight, said the fly-tipping is 'the worst thing I've ever seen' Bottles of urine are frequently thrown into the field amongst the other hazardous waste Tired of the ‘intimidating environment that has been forced upon us’, the pupils hope their petition will ‘transform this 'waste land' into a cleaner, more community and eco-friendly space’ Scott Stewart, 45, whose son Grayson, three, will be going to the school after nursery, said the area had been allowed to become an 'absolute dump' Jigarr Muchhala, 39, with his six-year-old son Kiaan who goes to Riverbank - Mr Muchhala is ‘angry that there's nothing being done’ ‘People don’t care and are just fly tipping even though the school tries to do clean ups.’ The 38-year-old said her children instinctively want to go and jump on the disposed bed but she has to remind them it is not safe. It’s an absolute dump.’ Jigarr Muchhala, 39, whose six-year-old son Kiaan goes to Riverbank said the land had ‘become a dump yard - there’s dog dirt everywhere I look’.